The solved grid
1R
E
2B
E
3L
4S
U
5B
M
6E
N
7U
I
A
U
L
N
8E
P
O
X
Y
9L
I
N
K
A
G
E
N
C
E
O
D
T
X
10C
O
H
E
R
E
D
11T
W
E
R
P
A
I
E
E
L
12P
O
P
13D
O
S
E
14S
15S
P
A
S
T
A
P
I
16U
T
17T
E
18R
19O
U
T
E
A
R
N
L
R
U
N
I
R
E
20A
Z
U
R
I
T
E
21E
R
R
E
D
T
E
N
T
O
22E
N
R
A
G
E
S
23Y
A
W
N
S
Across
1 Across Bishop scrambled with a reel to defy authority (5) → REBEL Anagram
Anagram of “REELB”.
4 Across Stand-in offers a list of dishes as secondary options on screen (7) → SUBMENU Charade
SUB + MENU.
8 Across Banned hormone drug combined with male chromosomes forms strong adhesive (5) → EPOXY Charade
EPO + XY.
9 Across Number of printed lines around a thousand creates a connection (7) → LINKAGE Container
K inside LINAGE.
10 Across Company, present with five hundred, stuck together (7) → COHERED Charade
CO + HERE + D.
11 Across Fool, as tedious weekend events ruin plans, initially (5) → TWERP Initialism
First letters of: Tedious, Weekend, Events, Ruin, Plans.
12 Across Fizzy drink from please, open, promptly, initially (3) → POP Initialism
First letters of: Please, Open, Promptly.
13 Across Performs, admitting small, prescribed amounts (5) → DOSES Container
S inside DOES.
15 Across Quarrel, curtailed, becomes a health resort (3) → SPA Deletion
SPAT without its final T.
16 Across Complete when true is scrambled with temperature (5) → UTTER Anagram
Anagram of “TRUET”.
19 Across Make more money than others, concealed in about earnings figures (7) → OUTEARN Hidden word
Hidden inside “about earnings”.
20 Across Blue mineral formed from a zit that ere long turned rare (7) → AZURITE Charade
AZUR + ITE.
21 Across Went wrong holding a diamond inside a rugged edge (5) → ERRED Container
R inside ERED.
22 Across Energy that ranges wildly infuriates (7) → ENRAGES Anagram
Anagram of “e ranges”.
23 Across Gapes when a swan is shaken, yielding to unknown (5) → YAWNS Anagram
Anagram of “swan y”.
Down
2 Down Phobic, wildly, about one tiny laboratory on a wafer (7) → BIOCHIP Anagram
Anagram of “phobic i”.
3 Down Delayer, mangled, ends up in tiers (7) → LAYERED Anagram
Anagram of “delayer”.
5 Down Baker used no dairy topping, at first, for a ring-shaped cake (5) → BUNDT Initialism
First letters of: Baker, used, no, dairy, topping.
6 Down Thrill: guests at the hotel ate heartily (5) → ELATE Hidden word
Hidden inside “hotel ate”.
7 Down Apex, unlined and wildly redrawn, remains baffling (11) → UNEXPLAINED Anagram
Anagram of “apex unlined”.
8 Down Sum up: nurse, capitals, you and a delayed arrival (11) → ENCAPSULATE Charade
EN + CAPS + U + LATE.
9 Down Vein of ore and rock make a magnet (9) → LODESTONE Charade
LODE + STONE.
14 Down Fullness, from yeast it mixed up (7) → SATIETY Anagram
Anagram of “yeast it”.
15 Down Small bird concealed among wisp arrows (7) → SPARROW Hidden word
Hidden inside “wisp arrows”.
17 Down More honest, given time to regret turning right (5) → TRUER Charade
T + RUE + R.
18 Down Regretting having to unrig, chaotically (5) → RUING Anagram
Anagram of “unrig”.
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