Across
1 Across Hovering creature born from grim bind hum rearranged (11) → HUMMINGBIRD Anagram
Anagram of “grim bind hum”.
8 Across Safety measures for a precious ant, disturbed (11) → PRECAUTIONS Anagram
Anagram of “precious ant”.
9 Across Bright result when telling tine is scrambled (11) → INTELLIGENT Anagram
Anagram of “telling tine”.
11 Across Number found in the eighteenth century (5) → EIGHT Hidden word
Hidden inside “the eighteenth”.
13 Across Brazilian dance found in Cuba's ambassadors (5) → SAMBA Hidden word
Hidden inside “Cuba's ambassadors”.
16 Across Gay people emerge when loam houses X is broken up (11) → HOMOSEXUALS Anagram
Anagram of “loam houses X”.
19 Across Large freshwater fish - fragrance, an elevated railway, then a lunge (11) → MUSKELLUNGE Charade
MUSK + EL + LUNGE.
21 Across Practical politics - like oil trap broken up (11) → REALPOLITIK Anagram
Anagram of “like oil trap”.
Down
1 Down Chemical signal found in birth hormones (7) → HORMONE Hidden word
Hidden inside “birth hormones”.
2 Down Plotting area after a sonar ping (7) → MAPPING Charade
MAP + PING.
3 Down Passive, as it never excites researchers truly, initially (5) → INERT Initialism
First letters of: it, never, excites, researchers, truly.
4 Down Indian destination found in ergo along the coast (3) → GOA Hidden word
Hidden inside “ergo along”.
5 Down Knows instinctively when nit suit is broken (7) → INTUITS Anagram
Anagram of “nit suit”.
6 Down Herded animals from Dover, somehow scrambled (5) → DROVE Anagram
Anagram of “Dover”.
7 Down A call when revisit loses its opening (5) → VISIT Deletion
REVISIT without its initial RE.
10 Down Rubber from exalt, wildly rearranged (5) → LATEX Anagram
Anagram of “exalt”.
12 Down Mosaic tile - seaters oddly rearranged (7) → TESSERA Anagram
Anagram of “seaters”.
14 Down The utmost with to stems wildly mixed (7) → MOSTEST Anagram
Anagram of “to stems”.
15 Down Creation scrambled from kart row (3,4) → ART WORK Anagram
Anagram of “kart row”.
16 Down Dwellings hidden in echo messages sent (5) → HOMES Hidden word
Hidden inside “echo messages”.
17 Down Hoarder found in optimism is erasing (5) → MISER Hidden word
Hidden inside “optimism is erasing”.
18 Down Void found in can nullify (5) → ANNUL Hidden word
Hidden inside “can nullify”.
20 Down Cheek seen in some tulips (3) → LIP Hidden word
Hidden inside “tulips”.
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