The solved grid
1D
I
2C
E
3D
4O
V
E
R
5D
U
6B
O
O
O
A
U
E
7R
A
W
M
8A
T
9E
R
I
A
L
R
N
L
A
R
L
10S
H
I
F
T
L
E
S
S
L
Y
F
H
D
R
X
T
I
11E
T
A
12O
R
A
T
E
13T
A
G
L
D
N
R
R
H
T
14E
N
D
O
D
O
N
T
I
S
T
E
X
E
E
T
A
15R
I
P
S
N
O
R
T
I
N
G
16L
E
O
M
E
A
17D
I
S
H
O
U
T
18E
N
D
O
W
Across
1 Across Cut into cubes: note when frozen (5) → DICED Charade
D + ICED.
4 Across Superimpose sound above a knight's title (7) → OVERDUB Charade
OVER + DUB.
7 Across Basic substance from broken marital ware (3,8) → RAW MATERIAL Anagram
Anagram of “marital ware”.
10 Across Lazily, fleshly sits rearranged (11) → SHIFTLESSLY Anagram
Anagram of “fleshly sits”.
11 Across Greek letter, initially earned through adversity (3) → ETA Initialism
First letters of: earned, through, adversity.
12 Across Alternatively consumed to speak publicly (5) → ORATE Charade
OR + ATE.
13 Across Label: tonne of silver (3) → TAG Charade
T + AG.
14 Across Root canal specialist from a rearranged dinted snoot (11) → ENDODONTIST Anagram
Anagram of “dinted snoot”.
15 Across Terrific spring intro scrambled (11) → RIPSNORTING Anagram
Anagram of “spring intro”.
17 Across Distribute, hidden in brandish outright (4,3) → DISH OUT Hidden word
Hidden inside “brandish outright”.
18 Across Fund - owned, broken (5) → ENDOW Anagram
Anagram of “owned”.
Down
1 Down Female deer sounds like something to knead (3) → DOE Homophone
Sounds like “dough”.
2 Down Bullfight when Ricardo gets muddled (7) → CORRIDA Anagram
Anagram of “Ricardo”.
3 Down Oppressed note: possess, walked into a lair (11) → DOWNTRODDEN Charade
D + OWN + TROD + DEN.
5 Down Milk farm from diary, mixed up (5) → DAIRY Anagram
Anagram of “diary”.
6 Down Corrida - rearranged full bight (9) → BULLFIGHT Anagram
Anagram of “full bight”.
8 Down Cocktail from an relaxed arrangement (9) → ALEXANDER Anagram
Anagram of “an relaxed”.
9 Down Zone covering New York: compass point before eagle, musical note, and me (7,4) → EASTERN TIME Charade
EAST + ERN + TI + ME.
10 Down Protected, as the elders muddled through (9) → SHELTERED Anagram
Anagram of “the elders”.
13 Down Sorted by urgency - diet rag oddly reworked (7) → TRIAGED Anagram
Anagram of “diet rag”.
14 Down Exhibitions: primarily, each xenial photo opportunity shines (5) → EXPOS Initialism
First letters of: each, xenial, photo, opportunity, shines.
16 Down Rule: left expressing woe (3) → LAW Charade
L + AW.
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