The solved grid
1A
I
2M
E
3D
4S
A
5I
L
6I
N
G
B
A
U
M
F
7R
E
M
O
V
E
8D
9P
L
A
Y
10A
A
I
E
E
E
T
B
11C
R
E
A
T
E
S
12A
S
A
N
A
A
E
C
L
N
13D
I
14M
15M
A
R
C
H
16L
A
D
A
A
A
T
O
17B
A
S
T
E
18I
N
19K
H
20O
R
N
R
S
S
O
E
I
M
21A
G
E
N
T
22N
E
B
U
L
A
E
U
R
A
E
N
23P
A
R
T
I
N
G
24B
I
D
E
T
Across
1 Across Computer intelligence, medical unit, targeted (5) → AIMED Charade
AI + MED.
4 Across Boating trip lurking in Kansai lingo (7) → SAILING Hidden word
Hidden inside “Kansai lingo”.
7 Across Rev mode adjusted, taken away (7) → REMOVED Anagram
Anagram of “rev mode”.
9 Across Father embracing ballad, dry lakebed (5) → PLAYA Container
LAY inside PA.
11 Across Produces boxes holding energy (7) → CREATES Container
E inside CRATES.
12 Across Yoga pose hidden in Texas analysts (5) → ASANA Hidden word
Hidden inside “texas analysts”.
13 Across Heads of dark island mood, not bright (3) → DIM Initialism
First letters of: Dark, Island, Mood.
15 Across Month, from the centres of camel, cat, arm, ice, she (5) → MARCH Middle letters
Middle letters of: camel, cat, arm, ice, she.
16 Across Boy from dal, reversed (3) → LAD Reversal
DAL reversed.
17 Across Oddly, beats other ways to moisten during cooking (5) → BASTE Alternate letters
Every other letter of “beats other”, starting with the first.
18 Across Inkwell, pretentiously bookish (7) → INKHORN Double definition
Two separate definitions of the same word.
21 Across Gate mixed with north, spy (5) → AGENT Anagram
Anagram of “gate n”.
22 Across Unable, plus east, jumbled cosmic clouds (7) → NEBULAE Anagram
Anagram of “unable e”.
23 Across Skill held within a ping, hair's divide (7) → PARTING Container
ART inside PING.
24 Across Bathroom basin reversed in united ibex herd (5) → BIDET Hidden backwards
Hidden backwards inside “united ibex”.
Down
1 Down Magic word concealed in candelabra cad, abrasive (11) → ABRACADABRA Hidden word
Hidden inside “candelabra cad abrasive”.
2 Down Mother, that is, Eisenhower's wife (5) → MAMIE Charade
MAM + IE.
3 Down Duet holding five, bed cover (5) → DUVET Container
V inside DUET.
5 Down Instant message before fruit spells formal charge (7) → IMPEACH Charade
IM + PEACH.
6 Down Flail at, reshaped, to any degree (2,2,3) → IF AT ALL Anagram
Anagram of “flail at”.
8 Down Defection, dire stone rearranged (9) → DESERTION Anagram
Anagram of “dire stone”.
10 Down Ant, bend, moan, twisted into total forsaking (11) → ABANDONMENT Anagram
Anagram of “ant bend moan”.
14 Down Massage therapist rues Sammy, buried the other way (7) → MASSEUR Hidden backwards
Hidden backwards inside “rues sammy”.
15 Down Great conductors, chaotic I stream (7) → MAESTRI Anagram
Anagram of “I stream”.
19 Down Skewered meat from sweetheart's thousand, turned around (5) → KEBAB Reversal
BABE K reversed.
20 Down Lubricated, rather tipsy (5) → OILED 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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