The solved grid
1D
A
2T
U
3M
4A
U
5T
O
6P
S
Y
A
E
E
A
R
7R
E
S
I
D
E
8S
9P
R
I
M
10O
K
L
I
C
A
O
U
11G
L
A
N
C
E
R
12S
T
R
U
T
L
A
E
T
O
13A
P
14E
15L
E
E
C
16H
17O
A
F
S
R
N
I
B
18S
U
M
A
19C
20I
N
T
E
21M
P
O
E
I
R
N
T
A
U
22S
A
N
T
O
23G
O
I
N
G
O
N
E
C
N
E
D
24T
E
S
T
I
N
G
25G
I
S
T
S
Across
1 Across Fact tucked into brandy and a tumbler (5) → DATUM Hidden word
Hidden inside “and a tumbler”.
4 Across Post-mortem, payouts in disarray (7) → AUTOPSY Anagram
Anagram of “payouts”.
7 Across Regarding teams, dwells (7) → RESIDES Charade
RE + SIDES.
9 Across Border caught inside post office, superb (5) → PRIMO Container
RIM inside PO.
11 Across Gravity's cavalryman, one who takes a quick look (7) → GLANCER Charade
G + LANCER.
12 Across Walk with swagger, also a support brace (5) → STRUT Double definition
Two separate definitions of the same word.
13 Across Leaders of anxious puppy escapes, a primate (3) → APE Initialism
First letters of: anxious, puppy, escapes.
15 Across Bloodsucker, reportedly seeping through soil (5) → LEECH Homophone
Sounds like “leach”.
17 Across Dolt, no calf evenly (3) → OAF Alternate letters
Every other letter of “no calf”, starting with the second.
18 Across Shrub from total air conditioning (5) → SUMAC Charade
SUM + AC.
20 Across Fashionable pace, at the right speed (2,5) → IN TEMPO Charade
IN + TEMPO.
22 Across Carved saint concealed in unpleasant odour (5) → SANTO Hidden word
Hidden inside “unpleasant odour”.
23 Across Happening from a scrambled noon gig (5,2) → GOING ON Anagram
Anagram of “noon gig”.
24 Across Little chime holding established, trying out (7) → TESTING Container
EST inside TING.
25 Across Outlines oddly drawn from grid sites (5) → GISTS Alternate letters
Every other letter of “grid sites”, starting with the first.
Down
1 Down Shades, slaked grass rearranged (4,7) → DARK GLASSES Anagram
Anagram of “slaked grass”.
2 Down Magnetic flux unit, cores of meter, bread, roses, hello, chair (5) → TESLA Middle letters
Middle letters of: meter, bread, roses, hello, chair.
3 Down Claimed, transformed, is clinical (7) → MEDICAL Anagram
Anagram of “claimed”.
5 Down South Africa's pat returns as Spanish snacks (5) → TAPAS Reversal
SA PAT reversed.
6 Down Before Rio port is rebuilt (5,2) → PRIOR TO Anagram
Anagram of “Rio port”.
8 Down Vetting, also a showing (9) → SCREENING Double definition
Two separate definitions of the same word.
10 Down Jumbled bouts found, with zero, off-limits (3,2,6) → OUT OF BOUNDS Anagram
Anagram of “bouts found o”.
14 Down Explosive charges, prefaced by hesitation, are fine furs (7) → ERMINES Charade
ER + MINES.
16 Down Tight in shuffled, striking (7) → HITTING Anagram
Anagram of “tight in”.
19 Down Spring blooms buried in micro circuit (5) → CROCI Hidden word
Hidden inside “micro circuit”.
21 Down Wizards, beheaded pictures (5) → MAGES Deletion
IMAGES without its initial I.
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