The solved grid
1T
U
2M
B
3L
E
R
4A
L
5A
R
6M
A
E
V
A
7P
8G
E
T
C
9O
L
10D
F
E
E
T
O
N
O
R
I
I
11S
C
O
F
F
L
A
W
S
12Y
O
N
T
L
F
N
A
O
E
13S
R
I
14S
U
G
A
R
15U
K
E
C
A
T
U
M
N
I
16R
A
S
17E
S
T
R
A
N
G
E
D
I
A
A
M
T
O
18P
O
19R
T
M
A
N
T
E
A
U
L
T
A
N
R
20S
O
W
E
D
21B
E
T
A
K
E
N
Across
1 Across Glass holds rum belt, oddly arranged (7) → TUMBLER Anagram
Anagram of “rum belt”.
4 Across Panic buried in Bengal army camp (5) → ALARM Hidden word
Hidden inside “Bengal army”.
8 Across Grab chilly units of length, growing anxious (3,4,4) → GET COLD FEET Charade
GET + COLD + FEET.
11 Across Jeers hugging a statute make habitual rule-breakers (9) → SCOFFLAWS Container
LAW inside SCOFFS.
12 Across Tail end of annoy, sent back, means over there (3) → YON Reversal
NOY reversed.
13 Across Some rural inns initially offer a respectful title (3) → SRI Initialism
First letters of: Some, rural, inns.
14 Across Tropical stalk minus its stick yields sweetener (5) → SUGAR Deletion
SUGARCANE without its final CANE.
15 Across British energy gives a ukulele (3) → UKE Charade
UK + E.
16 Across Resistance similarly forms a headland (3) → RAS Charade
R + AS.
17 Across Alienated, Sergeant D got mixed up after scandal (9) → ESTRANGED Anagram
Anagram of “sergeant d”.
18 Across Combined word from a rewritten mutant opera (11) → PORTMANTEAU Anagram
Anagram of “mutant opera”.
20 Across So, having married, planted crops (5) → SOWED Charade
SO + WED.
21 Across Ben, grabbing power, was removed (7) → BETAKEN Container
TAKE inside BEN.
Down
2 Down Flowering trees emerge when Sail On, Gam is turned around (9) → MAGNOLIAS Reversal
SAIL ON, GAM reversed.
3 Down Vent frustration after malt toffees are mixed up (3,3,5) → LET OFF STEAM Anagram
Anagram of “malt toffees”.
5 Down Always value excellence initially, an old Roman greeting (3) → AVE Initialism
First letters of: Always, value, excellence.
6 Down Elite domain, rearranged, is a heartthrob (7,4) → MATINEE IDOL Anagram
Anagram of “Elite domain”.
7 Down Mail plays penned as afterthoughts (11) → POSTSCRIPTS Charade
POST + SCRIPTS.
9 Down Ape emerges from strange argon aunt (9) → ORANGUTAN Anagram
Anagram of “argon aunt”.
10 Down A mastermind, reorganised, brings reduction in weapons (11) → DISARMAMENT Anagram
Anagram of “a mastermind”.
12 Down Radical reformer, a juvenile Ottoman perhaps (5,4) → YOUNG TURK Charade
YOUNG + TURK.
19 Down Conflict returning uncooked (3) → RAW Reversal
WAR reversed.
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