The solved grid
1F
U
2S
S
3I
N
G
4D
W
5E
E
6B
E
T
N
E
U
7T
H
E
A
T
R
8E
9W
A
L
T
Z
A
E
E
N
O
L
Z
L
10P
E
R
E
S
T
R
O
I
K
A
P
H
L
K
R
11K
12P
A
R
T
R
I
D
G
E
D
I
Y
E
I
S
13N
I
G
H
T
I
N
G
A
L
14E
15W
G
M
E
E
P
N
I
16D
R
I
E
D
17S
P
A
W
N
E
D
O
E
R
U
T
18M
I
S
T
Y
19O
S
T
R
I
C
H
Across
1 Across Fretting over sun gifs, jumbled (7) → FUSSING Anagram
Anagram of “sun gifs”.
4 Across Geek found in crowd weebles (5) → DWEEB Hidden word
Hidden inside “crowd weebles”.
7 Across Temperature, warmth, about make a playhouse (7) → THEATRE Charade
T + HEAT + RE.
9 Across Ballroom dance from cartoon pioneer's unknown (5) → WALTZ Charade
WALT + Z.
10 Across Restructuring from reformed poker satire (11) → PERESTROIKA Anagram
Anagram of “poker satire”.
12 Across Game bird hidden in rampart ridges (9) → PARTRIDGE Hidden word
Hidden inside “rampart ridges”.
13 Across Songbird from dark hours, fashionable storm (11) → NIGHTINGALE Charade
NIGHT + IN + GALE.
16 Across Endings of seafood, sugar, kiwi, grape, salad, shrivelled (5) → DRIED Initialism
Last letters of: seafood, sugar, kiwi, grape, salad.
17 Across Rushed, enclosing bristle, produced (7) → SPAWNED Container
AWN inside SPED.
18 Across Foggy, maid's a try, at intervals (5) → MISTY Alternate letters
Every other letter of “maid's a try”, starting with the first.
19 Across Flightless bird hidden in almost rich (7) → OSTRICH Hidden word
Hidden inside “almost rich”.
Down
1 Down Unborn, heart of aft, ten, ate, cab, old (5) → FETAL Middle letters
Middle letters of: aft, ten, ate, cab, old.
2 Down Precipitous when Pete's muddled (5) → STEEP Anagram
Anagram of “Pete's”.
3 Down Explained via printed tree, jumbled (11) → INTERPRETED Anagram
Anagram of “printed tree”.
5 Down Sinuous conger fancying (7) → EELLIKE Charade
EEL + LIKE.
6 Down Bud razz, reshuffled, becomes bird of prey (7) → BUZZARD Anagram
Anagram of “bud razz”.
8 Down Hens rinse, confused, commemorates (9) → ENSHRINES Anagram
Anagram of “hens rinse”.
9 Down Raw sport lad, shuffled, utterly incompatible (6,5) → WORLDS APART Anagram
Anagram of “raw sport lad”.
11 Down Topsy-turvy monk dig, realm (7) → KINGDOM Anagram
Anagram of “monk dig”.
12 Down Chaotic gym pies, tiny people (7) → PYGMIES Anagram
Anagram of “gym pies”.
14 Down Confused nun, i.e., boredom (5) → ENNUI Anagram
Anagram of “nun ie”.
15 Down Alongside, enclosing five hundred, extent (5) → WIDTH Container
D inside WITH.
How this puzzle was checked
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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
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