The solved grid
1S
O
2B
E
3R
E
D
4M
A
5C
A
6W
T
I
I
I
H
E
7R
A
V
I
O
L
8I
9N
A
I
A
D
I
O
T
N
I
L
D
10P
L
U
M
S
11D
A
S
H
I
K
I
A
U
K
N
12P
13C
O
14P
Y
C
H
I
E
15F
G
A
E
T
U
16G
N
17O
C
C
H
I
18R
U
N
T
19S
E
N
K
O
I
E
I
20A
L
I
B
I
21N
O
S
T
R
I
L
N
O
S
K
A
K
22T
E
N
T
H
23R
O
Y
A
L
L
Y
Across
1 Across Rose bed rearranged, no longer drunk (7) → SOBERED Anagram
Anagram of “rose bed”.
4 Across Grandma cawed, concealing tropical bird (5) → MACAW Hidden word
Hidden inside “grandma cawed”.
7 Across Sun god, old fiddle, one, stuffed pasta (7) → RAVIOLI Charade
RA + VIOL + I.
9 Across Diana wandering as a water nymph (5) → NAIAD Anagram
Anagram of “Diana”.
10 Across Fruits from shaken slump (5) → PLUMS Anagram
Anagram of “slump”.
11 Across Broth's vital energy, flowing garment (7) → DASHIKI Charade
DASHI + KI.
13 Across Icy chop with iron, scrambled, senior editorial boss (4,5) → COPY CHIEF Anagram
Anagram of “chop icy fe”.
16 Across Jumbled conch and gi, potato dumplings (7) → GNOCCHI Anagram
Anagram of “conch gi”.
18 Across Leaders of rich uncles never trust strangers, small weaklings (5) → RUNTS Initialism
First letters of: Rich, uncles, never, trust, strangers.
20 Across Excuse hidden in Somali bird (5) → ALIBI Hidden word
Hidden inside “Somali bird”.
21 Across Scrambled tonsil and resistance, nasal opening (7) → NOSTRIL Anagram
Anagram of “tonsil r”.
22 Across Toe in itch, regularly, rank after ninth (5) → TENTH Alternate letters
Every other letter of “toe in itch”, starting with the first.
23 Across Boy's name and partner, majestically (7) → ROYALLY Charade
ROY + ALLY.
Down
1 Down Species holding prefix for three, undress (5) → STRIP Container
TRI inside SP.
2 Down Overnight camp from shuffled vocab UI (7) → BIVOUAC Anagram
Anagram of “vocab UI”.
3 Down Chariots without tea make disturbances (5) → RIOTS Deletion
CHARIOTS without its initial CHA.
4 Down Tiny car, then glide downhill: a stubby snow runner (7) → MINISKI Charade
MINI + SKI.
5 Down Hot pepper, centres of ace, who, big, sly, dim (5) → CHILI Middle letters
Middle letters of: ace, who, big, sly, dim.
6 Down Vowed dingy rooms conceal marriage (7) → WEDDING Hidden word
Hidden inside “vowed dingy”.
8 Down In, pipe, charged particle, initiation (9) → INDUCTION Charade
IN + DUCT + ION.
12 Down Get a nap disordered for public spectacle (7) → PAGEANT Anagram
Anagram of “Get a nap”.
14 Down Spike CH, askew, feeling hungry (7) → PECKISH Anagram
Anagram of “spike CH”.
15 Down Amusement, hesitation, aluminium, burial rite (7) → FUNERAL Charade
FUN + ER + AL.
17 Down Endings of hero, cotton, salami, cargo, lemon, pungent vegetable (5) → ONION Initialism
Last letters of: hero, cotton, salami, cargo, lemon.
18 Down Dangerous, headless and frisky (5) → RISKY Deletion
FRISKY without its initial F.
19 Down Sleek, found in Basil Kyle (5) → SILKY Hidden word
Hidden inside “Basil Kyle”.
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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