The solved grid
1P
S
2A
L
3M
4E
N
5S
U
6R
E
7S
R
T
I
T
E
O
8O
T
T
O
M
A
9N
10Y
I
E
L
D
G
A
E
O
L
V
A
11R
A
I
N
O
R
S
H
I
N
E
S
A
N
E
E
M
12S
I
D
E
B
O
13A
R
14D
15T
L
N
E
I
16L
17T
O
18S
S
E
D
S
A
L
A
D
Y
H
I
E
W
I
E
19R
A
R
E
R
20D
R
E
S
S
E
R
I
O
E
R
T
I
21C
A
B
I
N
E
T
22S
Y
S
O
P
Across
1 Across Hymn from postscript, aluminium and a thousand (5) → PSALM Charade
PS + AL + M.
4 Across What results, holding resistance, makes certain (7) → ENSURES Container
R inside ENSUES.
8 Across Rose oil and a fellow provide a footstool (7) → OTTOMAN Charade
OTTO + MAN.
10 Across Surrender, or produce (5) → YIELD Double definition
Two separate definitions of the same word.
11 Across Heroin rains in turmoil, whatever the weather (4,2,5) → RAIN OR SHINE Anagram
Anagram of “heroin rains”.
12 Across Flank beside a plank, a dish cabinet (9) → SIDEBOARD Charade
SIDE + BOARD.
17 Across A garden medley from oats and saddle jumbled with south (6,5) → TOSSED SALAD Anagram
Anagram of “oats saddle s”.
19 Across An orca, true or not, is scarcer at intervals (5) → RARER Alternate letters
Every other letter of “orca true or”, starting with the second.
20 Across Sideboard hidden in address error (7) → DRESSER Hidden word
Hidden inside “address error”.
21 Across I can bet wildly on a storage cupboard (7) → CABINET Anagram
Anagram of “I can bet”.
22 Across South, an unknown quantity, and a bribe for a network administrator (5) → SYSOP Charade
S + Y + SOP.
Down
1 Down Software application, or a scheduled broadcast (7) → PROGRAM Double definition
Two separate definitions of the same word.
2 Down Satin at auction, scrambled, achieves (7) → ATTAINS Anagram
Anagram of “satin at”.
3 Down A silent performance holding energy and nothing means duplicated (7) → MIMEOED Container
EO inside MIMED.
5 Down Centres of loser, outer, toyed, islet, chirp are engraving pins (5) → STYLI Middle letters
Middle letters of: loser, outer, toyed, islet, chirp.
6 Down Hesitation after evening, turned back, becomes a manorial official (5) → REEVE Reversal
EVE ER reversed.
7 Down Fizzy drinks from South's fusses, turned (5) → SODAS Reversal
S ADOS reversed.
9 Down Nasal haemorrhage from scrambled noble seed (9) → NOSEBLEED Anagram
Anagram of “noble seed”.
13 Down Leaders of anxious nurses secretly warned every reckless surgeon about replies (7) → ANSWERS Initialism
First letters of: anxious, nurses, secretly, warned, every, reckless, surgeon.
14 Down Removes from a listing after South's tildes are mixed up (7) → DELISTS Anagram
Anagram of “S TILDES”.
15 Down Fierce current from tidier parking, scrambled (4,3) → TIDE RIP Anagram
Anagram of “TIDIER P”.
16 Down Song words hidden in early riches (5) → LYRIC Hidden word
Hidden inside “early riches”.
17 Down Feel a pulsing ache, as hidden in moth robbed (5) → THROB Hidden word
Hidden inside “moth robbed”.
18 Down Alarm sound from North's goddess of discord, reversed (5) → SIREN Reversal
N ERIS reversed.
How this puzzle was checked
Every clue in this crossword was verified against its own wordplay by
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
covers.
Spotted something wrong here? Email
badclues@decryptic.app and
this page will be corrected. See the
corrections policy.
