The solved grid
1A
S
2T
O
3U
N
D
4U
L
5T
R
6A
S
H
N
S
I
I
7S
T
E
A
R
I
8C
9U
R
G
E
S
I
P
I
H
R
E
L
10S
H
O
W
S
T
O
P
P
E
R
E
T
O
E
R
S
11R
E
N
D
I
T
12I
O
13N
14A
S
N
U
I
15A
16S
P
17E
C
T
A
C
U
L
A
R
B
P
Q
E
L
L
H
18A
D
I
E
U
19R
O
U
T
I
N
E
C
R
A
D
F
A
20I
D
E
A
L
21P
I
E
E
Y
E
D
Across
1 Across Aunts do, reshaped, dumbfound (7) → ASTOUND Anagram
Anagram of “aunts do”.
4 Across Extremist seen in cult rage (5) → ULTRA Hidden word
Hidden inside “cult rage”.
7 Across Raciest, cooked, fatty (7) → STEARIC Anagram
Anagram of “raciest”.
9 Across Compels hidden in our gestures (5) → URGES Hidden word
Hidden inside “our gestures”.
10 Across Sensation from two shoppers, mixed up (11) → SHOWSTOPPER Anagram
Anagram of “two shoppers”.
11 Across Extradition version (9) → RENDITION Double definition
Two separate definitions of the same word.
16 Across Amazing sculpt a race, cracked (11) → SPECTACULAR Anagram
Anagram of “sculpt a race”.
18 Across Tails of pizza, salad, sushi, recipe, menu, farewell (5) → ADIEU Initialism
Last letters of: pizza, salad, sushi, recipe, menu.
19 Across Ordinary stand-up act (7) → ROUTINE Double definition
Two separate definitions of the same word.
20 Across Perfect, taken evenly from kiddie ball (5) → IDEAL Alternate letters
Every other letter of “kiddie ball”, starting with the second.
21 Across DIY epee, reworked, drunk (3,4) → PIE EYED Anagram
Anagram of “DIY epee”.
Down
1 Down Bass players, headless, help out (7) → ASSISTS Deletion
BASSISTS without its initial B.
2 Down Top hero, remade, the needy (3,4) → THE POOR Anagram
Anagram of “top hero”.
3 Down Flat, nurse in, jumbled (7) → UNRISEN Anagram
Anagram of “nurse in”.
4 Down Seize power unlawfully, cores of crust, pasta, fruit, curry, apple (5) → USURP Middle letters
Middle letters of: crust, pasta, fruit, curry, apple.
5 Down Gravity held within seating level, big cat (5) → TIGER Container
G inside TIER.
6 Down Wedding walkway, single island (5) → AISLE Charade
A + ISLE.
8 Down Church singer from torch rise, rearranged (9) → CHORISTER Anagram
Anagram of “torch rise”.
12 Down Nuclide recast to contain (7) → INCLUDE Anagram
Anagram of “nuclide”.
13 Down Fully in, reshuffled, cancels out (7) → NULLIFY Anagram
Anagram of “fully in”.
14 Down Help holding flightless bird, empty-headed fool (7) → AIRHEAD Container
RHEA inside AID.
15 Down Garment followed by Roman hundred-one, counting frames (5) → ABACI Charade
ABA + CI.
16 Down Steeple, sire enclosing quiet (5) → SPIRE Container
P inside SIRE.
17 Down Identical peer (5) → EQUAL Double definition
Two separate definitions of the same word.
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
editorial standards set out what that
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