The solved grid
1C
E
2L
L
S
3J
O
4S
E
5P
H
6S
R
E
C
A
A
7O
S
M
O
8S
I
9S
10R
O
Y
A
L
W
O
T
A
E
R
O
11B
A
N
J
O
12N
E
W
M
O
O
N
A
N
D
D
L
R
13A
T
E
M
P
O
R
A
L
14S
U
W
A
I
P
15S
U
N
L
A
M
P
16V
O
17I
L
A
E
T
S
E
E
S
N
18N
E
I
G
H
19R
E
R
I
S
E
N
O
E
E
U
E
20R
E
S
I
D
E
S
21S
H
E
A
R
Across
1 Across Old length unit inside cesium gives jail rooms (5) → CELLS Container
ELL inside CS.
3 Across Lucky charm round abridged Ephesians, old riding coats (7) → JOSEPHS Container
EPH inside JOSS.
7 Across Sis moos wildly, biological diffusion (7) → OSMOSIS Anagram
Anagram of “Sis moos”.
10 Across Emperor, hero, gypsy, koala, hospital, ultimately noble (5) → ROYAL Initialism
Last letters of: emperor, hero, gypsy, koala, hospital.
11 Across Outlaw's sweetheart, a stringed instrument (5) → BANJO Charade
BAN + JO.
12 Across No women, jumbled, a lunar phase (3,4) → NEW MOON Anagram
Anagram of “no women”.
13 Across Mortal ape jumbled, existing outside time (9) → ATEMPORAL Anagram
Anagram of “mortal ape”.
15 Across Shuffled plus man, a tanning device (3,4) → SUN LAMP Anagram
Anagram of “plus man”.
16 Across Rearranged viola, there it is (5) → VOILA Anagram
Anagram of “viola”.
18 Across Horse's cry sounds like refusal (5) → NEIGH Homophone
Sounds like “nay”.
19 Across Reins, er, jumbled, resurrected (7) → RERISEN Anagram
Anagram of “reins er”.
20 Across About team's flanks, one dwells (7) → RESIDES Charade
RE + SIDES.
21 Across Utterly steep, they say, cut wool (5) → SHEAR Homophone
Sounds like “sheer”.
Down
1 Down Rook, pub, a metal lever (7) → CROWBAR Charade
CROW + BAR.
2 Down Cores of old, bet, amp, top, end yield citrus fruit (5) → LEMON Middle letters
Middle letters of: old, bet, amp, top, end.
4 Down Small chauffeur holding gang, turning tool (11) → SCREWDRIVER Container
CREW inside SDRIVER.
5 Down Total employee costs, wage register (7) → PAYROLL Charade
PAY + ROLL.
6 Down Public bar losing love, beauty parlour (5) → SALON Deletion
SALOON without O from the middle.
8 Down Scrambled heated snows, worn-looking (11) → STONEWASHED Anagram
Anagram of “heated snows”.
9 Down Beach grit, broadsheet, a smoothing material (9) → SANDPAPER Charade
SAND + PAPER.
13 Down Mum's sisters, informally, hidden in faun ties (7) → AUNTIES Hidden word
Hidden inside “faun ties”.
14 Down Stretch, north, hesitation, a wrench (7) → SPANNER Charade
SPAN + N + ER.
15 Down Southeast option, holding north, Spanish mister (5) → SENOR Container
N inside SEOR.
17 Down Children, or flow out (5) → ISSUE Double definition
Two separate definitions of the same word.
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publication: definitions, indicators, enumerations and surface readings
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