The solved grid
1B
U
2R
G
3L
A
R
4S
H
5A
R
6D
O
I
A
Y
L
I
7S
U
P
P
I
N
8G
9L
O
L
L
S
O
E
T
R
L
A
U
10M
U
N
C
H
11O
R
A
N
G
E
S
V
B
O
E
12T
13T
U
14N
N
E
L
I
N
G
D
A
E
U
L
15S
A
M
U
R
A
I
16G
A
17M
E
18R
T
P
S
N
R
O
I
19I
N
U
R
E
20G
R
A
Z
I
N
G
N
R
R
I
S
O
21G
R
A
S
S
22M
U
N
S
T
E
R
Across
1 Across Rag blur mangled by housebreaker (7) → BURGLAR Anagram
Anagram of “rag blur”.
4 Across Piece of glass seen in fish ardently pursued (5) → SHARD Hidden word
Hidden inside “fish ardently”.
7 Across Small rise, when drinking noisily (7) → SUPPING Charade
S + UPPING.
9 Across Left tucked inside online laughs, lounges (5) → LOLLS Container
L inside LOLS.
10 Across Chew noisily on cyanide gas and hesitation reversed (5) → MUNCH Reversal
HCN UM reversed.
11 Across Citrus fruits from silver and a snore, mixed up (7) → ORANGES Anagram
Anagram of “ag snore”.
13 Across Wrecked gluten inn yields digging underground (9) → TUNNELING Anagram
Anagram of “gluten inn”.
15 Across Japanese fighter, from a jumbled aria and sum (7) → SAMURAI Anagram
Anagram of “aria sum”.
16 Across Leaders of grumpy aunts mocking every rumour, a keen player (5) → GAMER Initialism
First letters of: Grumpy, aunts, mocking, every, rumour.
19 Across Ion, cup and roe, taken regularly, toughen (5) → INURE Alternate letters
Every other letter of “ion cup roe”, starting with the first.
20 Across Good grade ahead of demolishing, feeding on grass (7) → GRAZING Charade
G + RAZING.
21 Across Centres of eagle, world, heart and mossy casts, a lawn (5) → GRASS Middle letters
Middle letters of: eagle, world, heart, mossy, casts.
22 Across Stern Greek letter mangled, an Irish province (7) → MUNSTER Anagram
Anagram of “stern mu”.
Down
1 Down Chest concealed within a turbo somersault (5) → BOSOM Hidden word
Hidden inside “turbo somersault”.
2 Down Mature, having torn printer's spacing unit (5) → RIPEN Charade
RIP + EN.
3 Down Thin wood strip clutching one, unwilling (5) → LAITH Container
I inside LATH.
4 Down Course outlines from academy programme's ally, small, returned (7) → SYLLABI Reversal
IB ALLY S reversed.
5 Down Full of excitement, glimpsed in recall a gogo routine (3,4) → ALL AGOG Hidden word
Hidden inside “recall a gogo”.
6 Down Suds die randomly, no longer in service (7) → DISUSED Anagram
Anagram of “suds die”.
8 Down Fawning abjectly once a glove ring is twisted (9) → GROVELING Anagram
Anagram of “glove ring”.
12 Down A big nit sat, held in reverse, for a flavour trial (7) → TASTING Hidden backwards
Hidden backwards inside “big nit sat”.
13 Down A battered dish from a true map redrawn (7) → TEMPURA Anagram
Anagram of “true map”.
14 Down Sun errs in a muddle, like those who suckle infants (7) → NURSERS Anagram
Anagram of “sun errs”.
16 Down Profit holding right yields a tiny particle (5) → GRAIN Container
R inside GAIN.
17 Down Time in SI units, before a meditative chant, returned, damp (5) → MOIST Reversal
T SI OM reversed.
18 Down Harsh treatment from an oil platform and a surgery room (5) → RIGOR Charade
RIG + OR.
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