Moving Up and Down by Ferret

Puzzle explanation

The initial letters of the words exchanged by clues, in the presented order, spelt out “Neapolitan inclined plane railway”. The opening of the funicular cable car on Mount Vesuvius in 1880 inspired Peppino Turco and Luigi Denza to write the song Funiculì, Funiculà.

Clue explanations

Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal

No Moved word Answer Explanation
Horizontal
1 name PETRIFACTION PETRI + FACT + IN around O
8 ensnared ARIEL LINEAR * − N
9 arranged HENCE (Heat)HEN CE(metery)
11 packing UNNESTED (NUDE + SENT) *
12 off SNOTTIER TONS < + TIER
13 layer IRID I + RID
14 inside TOLUIC (CU + LI + TO) *
17 to GUARANÁS (A(pplied) N(asally) A(nd)) in GUARS
19 adult VESUVIUS ((SUV around I) + USE(d) + V) <
23 nearly CAPLIN A in CP + LIN
25 in RUTA (A + TUR(n)) <
26 not RUINABLE RUBLE around (IN + A)
27 Cut RELEARNT (LEARNER + T) *
28 learner ADEPT APT around DE(f)
29 ill LERNA NEARLY * − Y
30 Nearly TERMS OF TRADE (STATED FORMER) *
Vertical
1 Encounter PABST PAST around B
2 done RENCONTRE (RENT + RE) around CON
3 paste TIVOLI T(aint) I(n) + OLIV(e) *
4 Loose PEANUT BUTTER PEA(r) + BUT in NUTTER
5 artilleryman CHERT (TRENCH − N(ucleotide)) *
6 nucleotide INTRON INTRO + (artilleryma)N
7 elevation UNSODDEN SOUND * + DEN
10 ridiculously RECAPITALISE (E + CAPITAL) in RISE
15 adopting MAORILAND MA + (IRON LAD) *
16 iron RIVER-RAT (TAR < around R) after RIVE
20 leaving SUTLER ULSTER *
21 working ARABLE ARAB + LEA − A
22 A-list STARK STAR + (Yan)K
24 Yank EATEN E’EN around A(-lis)T
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