The solved grid
1R
I
2C
E
3P
A
4P
E
5R
6M
I
R
A
O
I
R
E
A
7D
E
M
O
G
R
A
P
H
I
C
8M
I
I
E
N
A
H
A
C
9C
H
O
C
K
A
B
L
O
C
K
A
A
N
E
L
10L
O
S
E
C
O
11L
O
12R
B
I
A
U
E
13Z
O
14O
P
15L
A
16N
K
T
O
N
L
E
R
I
I
R
N
I
S
17D
E
S
E
N
S
I
T
I
Z
E
E
T
J
N
E
V
18O
U
R
19S
H
A
D
E
T
R
E
E
Across
1 Across Price reap scrambled for thin edible wrapping (4,5) → RICE PAPER Anagram
Anagram of “PRICE REAP”.
6 Across Space station found in slim iron framework (3) → MIR Hidden word
Hidden inside “slim iron”.
7 Across Demonstration turns vivid in population study (11) → DEMOGRAPHIC Charade
DEMO + GRAPHIC.
9 Across Wedge holding a cube — completely full (11) → CHOCKABLOCK Charade
CHOCK + A + BLOCK.
10 Across Cool loser scrambled to fade (4,5) → LOSE COLOR Anagram
Anagram of “COOL LOSER”.
13 Across Animal collection on a timber board of great weight — ocean drifters (11) → ZOOPLANKTON Charade
ZOO + PLANK + TON.
17 Across Seized tines awkwardly arranged to numb (11) → DESENSITIZE Anagram
Anagram of “SEIZED TINES”.
18 Across Belonging to us, initially odd, unusual, rare (3) → OUR Initialism
First letters of: odd, unusual, rare.
19 Across Steer head cooked into leafy garden feature (5,4) → SHADE TREE Anagram
Anagram of “STEER HEAD”.
Down
1 Down Lazier acids disturbed to make more extreme (11) → RADICALIZES Anagram
Anagram of “LAZIER ACIDS”.
2 Down Comic character named Albert is funny (7) → COMICAL Charade
COMIC + AL.
3 Down Hog ages to produce birds (7) → PIGEONS Charade
PIG + EONS.
4 Down Soft and rank trick (5) → PRANK Charade
P + RANK.
5 Down Recovery centre found in more habitually troubled lives (5) → REHAB Hidden word
Hidden inside “more habitually”.
6 Down Coffee brewed differently makes one tough (5) → MACHO Anagram
Anagram of “MOCHA”.
8 Down Eve scrambles like beam into fantasy (4,7) → MAKE BELIEVE Anagram
Anagram of “LIKE BEAM EVE”.
11 Down Gut twisted to reveal toilet (7) → LATRINE Anagram
Anagram of “ENTRAIL”.
12 Down Runner holding one becomes more fluid (7) → RUNNIER Container
I inside RUNNER.
14 Down Command sequence (5) → ORDER Double definition
Two separate definitions of the same word.
15 Down Silts disturbed to make catalogues (5) → LISTS Anagram
Anagram of “SILTS”.
16 Down Stealthy warrior lurks in train in Jakarta (5) → NINJA Hidden word
Hidden inside “train in Jakarta”.
How this puzzle was checked
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software, then the finished puzzle was read and edited by hand before
publication: definitions, indicators, enumerations and surface readings
all get looked at, and clues that don't hold up are rewritten. The
editorial standards set out what that
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