The solved grid
1T
E
2S
L
3A
4B
I
5O
L
6O
G
7Y
E
U
G
N
P
E
8D
E
C
O
R
U
9M
10I
V
I
E
S
I
C
E
E
O
U
E
11O
V
U
L
E
12C
I
N
E
M
A
S
U
M
T
H
S
13B
I
O
H
A
Z
14A
R
15D
16G
N
N
I
O
17T
I
18M
P
19A
N
I
20A
S
C
O
T
A
A
M
C
T
T
O
21B
O
C
C
I
22S
T
O
R
I
E
S
L
R
N
M
O
E
23E
C
O
L
O
G
Y
24Y
E
N
T
A
Across
1 Across Disturbed steal, electric car (5) → TESLA Anagram
Anagram of “steal”.
4 Across Study of life, scrambled oily gob (7) → BIOLOGY Anagram
Anagram of “oily gob”.
8 Across December, nought, spirit, good manners (7) → DECORUM Charade
DEC + O + RUM.
10 Across Struggle trapped inside existence, climbing plants (5) → IVIES Container
VIE inside IS.
11 Across Immature seed within Romanov ulema (5) → OVULE Hidden word
Hidden inside “Romanov ulema”.
12 Across Movie theatres held by medicine masters (7) → CINEMAS Hidden word
Hidden inside “medicine masters”.
13 Across Toxic threat from profile, risk (9) → BIOHAZARD Charade
BIO + HAZARD.
17 Across Victim panic conceals kettledrums (7) → TIMPANI Hidden word
Hidden inside “victim panic”.
20 Across Leaders of angry sailors chase old thieves, cravat (5) → ASCOT Initialism
First letters of: angry, sailors, chase, old, thieves.
21 Across International court, obstetric ward sent back for lawn bowling game (5) → BOCCI Reversal
ICC OB reversed.
22 Across Tales buried backwards in Nisei rots (7) → STORIES Hidden backwards
Hidden backwards inside “Nisei rots”.
23 Across Balance of nature from mangled coy loge (7) → ECOLOGY Anagram
Anagram of “coy loge”.
24 Across Busybody found in hearts of rhyme, cheer, sunny, later beard (5) → YENTA Middle letters
Middle letters of: rhyme, cheer, sunny, later, beard.
Down
1 Down Some rated IOUs are dull (7) → TEDIOUS Hidden word
Hidden inside “rated IOUs”.
2 Down Give in as scum cub reshuffled (7) → SUCCUMB Anagram
Anagram of “scum cub”.
3 Down Assent, greeting trapped between ace and love (5,2) → AGREE TO Container
GREET inside AO.
5 Down North, hey, no, climbing yields layered vegetable (5) → ONION Reversal
N OI NO reversed.
6 Down Narcotic from rare-earth metal losing euro (5) → OPIUM Deletion
EUROPIUM without its initial EUR.
7 Down Tails of silly recipe expresses more gas, affirmations (5) → YESES Initialism
Last letters of: silly, recipe, expresses, more, gas.
9 Down Mischance in ruins, a branch of physics (9) → MECHANICS Anagram
Anagram of “Mischance”.
14 Down A toy man jumbled reveals bodily structure (7) → ANATOMY Anagram
Anagram of “a toy man”.
15 Down Wording from wild tonic ID (7) → DICTION Anagram
Anagram of “tonic id”.
16 Down Received nothing in the Home Counties, one must take up sailing (2,2,3) → GO TO SEA Charade
GOT + O + SE + A.
17 Down Bishop within story, furniture piece (5) → TABLE Container
B inside TALE.
18 Down Killer whale, male, rising, large-scale (5) → MACRO Reversal
ORCA M reversed.
19 Down Omani cocktail, sort of acid (5) → AMINO Anagram
Anagram of “Omani”.
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