The solved grid
1S
T
2U
N
3G
4D
R
5E
A
6M
O
F
T
N
R
S
A
7I
N
C
H
A
R
8A
C
T
E
R
9M
M
L
D
P
E
K
O
10U
T
E
R
I
11P
U
R
L
I
E
U
L
N
R
N
N
12A
N
13T
14G
N
A
T
15S
16G
U
T
T
H
I
C
A
17I
G
U
A
18N
A
S
19O
K
20A
P
I
N
M
O
A
R
G
N
G
21P
E
N
U
L
T
I
M
A
T
E
E
E
N
I
E
22U
P
D
A
T
E
D
23G
O
N
E
R
Across
1 Across Sung about temperature, smarted (5) → STUNG Container
T inside SUNG.
4 Across Made for shuffling, long for (5,2) → DREAM OF Anagram
Anagram of “made for”.
7 Across Remade rain catcher, true to type (2,9) → IN CHARACTER Anagram
Anagram of “rain catcher”.
10 Across Wombs concealed in minute rise (5) → UTERI Hidden word
Hidden inside “minute rise”.
11 Across Outskirts, inside-out stitch, one, Europe's bloc (7) → PURLIEU Charade
PURL + I + EU.
12 Across Leaders of annoyed nosy tourists, a tiny insect (3) → ANT Initialism
First letters of: annoyed, nosy, tourists.
14 Across Flying pests in campaign at sea (5) → GNATS Hidden word
Hidden inside “campaign at sea”.
16 Across Stomach, also strip bare (3) → GUT Double definition
Two separate definitions of the same word.
17 Across Gold gains, jumbled, tropical lizards (7) → IGUANAS Anagram
Anagram of “gains au”.
19 Across African browser lurking in book apiece (5) → OKAPI Hidden word
Hidden inside “book apiece”.
21 Across Plate minute, rearranged, second-to-last (11) → PENULTIMATE Anagram
Anagram of “PLATE MINUTE”.
22 Across Dud tape, mixed up, revised (7) → UPDATED Anagram
Anagram of “DUD TAPE”.
23 Across Write-off, cores of night cloud, windy sleet, worst (5) → GONER Middle letters
Middle letters of: night, cloud, windy, sleet, worst.
Down
1 Down Faking around temperature, invigorating (11) → STIMULATING Container
T inside SIMULATING.
2 Down Relative buried in sun clearing (5) → UNCLE Hidden word
Hidden inside “sun clearing”.
3 Down Raging day, askew, ranking (7) → GRADING Anagram
Anagram of “raging d”.
5 Down Holiday dropping one, a compound (5) → ESTER Deletion
EASTER without A from the middle.
6 Down Setting aside funds, minus an ear, labelling (7) → MARKING Deletion
EARMARKING without its initial EAR.
8 Down A Paris lap reshaped is an evaluation (9) → APPRAISAL Anagram
Anagram of “a paris lap”.
9 Down Climber, mean outer in revised (11) → MOUNTAINEER Anagram
Anagram of “mean outer in”.
13 Down Walloped after the dump was cracked (7) → THUMPED Anagram
Anagram of “the dump”.
15 Down Scrubbing university out, tally (7) → SCORING Deletion
SCOURING without U from the middle.
18 Down Net enclosing on, a nine-piece band (5) → NONET Container
ON inside NET.
20 Down Insomnia gains, concealed in reverse, once more (5) → AGAIN Hidden backwards
Hidden backwards inside “insomnia gains”.
How this puzzle was checked
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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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