The solved grid
1C
E
2D
E
3D
4A
M
5A
S
6S
E
S
A
E
I
K
C
7R
E
B
E
L
8R
E
E
L
O
F
9F
R
A
U
E
L
O
U
10Y
A
C
H
T
11P
L
A
Y
P
E
N
T
L
E
O
D
12O
L
E
13S
E
R
G
14E
15A
H
A
O
T
E
C
M
16F
U
17S
I
18L
L
I
19L
U
C
R
E
A
T
A
N
I
O
N
20R
I
O
T
I
N
G
21E
R
U
P
T
R
R
S
N
A
22O
D
Y
S
S
E
Y
23T
O
T
A
L
Across
1 Across Deed and hundred rearranged, surrendered (5) → CEDED Anagram
Anagram of “deed c”.
4 Across Mother amid donkeys hoards (7) → AMASSES Container
MA inside ASSES.
7 Across Regarding sound unit, insurgent (5) → REBEL Charade
RE + BEL.
8 Across Muddled feel for, recite fluently (4,3) → REEL OFF Anagram
Anagram of “feel for”.
10 Across Thorium and isle, turned back, pleasure craft (5) → YACHT Reversal
TH CAY reversed.
11 Across Child's enclosure hidden in display pennant (7) → PLAYPEN Hidden word
Hidden inside “display pennant”.
12 Across Endings of rodeo, bull, spectacle, cheer (3) → OLE Initialism
Last letters of: rodeo, bull, spectacle.
13 Across Woollen fabric sounds like surge (5) → SERGE Homophone
Sounds like “surge”.
15 Across Surprised cry from buying a shea nut, at intervals (3) → AHA Alternate letters
Every other letter of “a shea”, starting with the first.
16 Across Musket followed by fifty-one is twisted pasta (7) → FUSILLI Charade
FUSIL + LI.
19 Across Riches from being cruel, rearranged (5) → LUCRE Anagram
Anagram of “cruel”.
20 Across Faulty ignitor causing civil disorder (7) → RIOTING Anagram
Anagram of “ignitor”.
21 Across Burst out, hidden in Peru ptarmigan (5) → ERUPT Hidden word
Hidden inside “peru ptarmigan”.
22 Across Soy dyes, mixed up, epic voyage (7) → ODYSSEY Anagram
Anagram of “soy dyes”.
23 Across Complete sum (5) → TOTAL Double definition
Two separate definitions of the same word.
Down
1 Down Chaotic factory roar overdoes it (5,3,3) → CARRY TOO FAR Anagram
Anagram of “FACTORY ROAR”.
2 Down Fiasco from disturbed lace bed (7) → DEBACLE Anagram
Anagram of “LACE BED”.
3 Down Instrument inside insult weakens (7) → DILUTES Container
LUTE inside DIS.
5 Down Scout leader at heart of cat, baker, fed, ale, jar (5) → AKELA Middle letters
Middle letters of: cat, baker, fed, ale, jar.
6 Down Exclusive, ice-cream ladle (5) → SCOOP Double definition
Two separate definitions of the same word.
8 Down Press coverage from stirred porter, gin (9) → REPORTING Anagram
Anagram of “porter gin”.
9 Down Essential cash pool, one lunatic (11) → FUNDAMENTAL Charade
FUND + A + MENTAL.
14 Down Most slippery guts Eileen conceals, turned back (7) → EELIEST Hidden backwards
Hidden backwards inside “guts eileen”.
15 Down Narrative, also a reckoning (7) → ACCOUNT Double definition
Two separate definitions of the same word.
17 Down Floor tale (5) → STORY Double definition
Two separate definitions of the same word.
18 Down Lars grasping one, hideouts (5) → LAIRS Container
I inside LARS.
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