The solved grid
1R
E
2P
U
3T
E
D
4E
A
5S
E
6L
E
A
O
N
I
E
7F
L
Y
T
R
A
8P
9N
U
R
S
E
O
C
S
R
U
E
K
10R
E
A
L
I
Z
A
T
I
O
N
S
M
S
O
I
S
11H
I
N
D
S
I
12G
H
13T
14S
E
R
R
I
15G
16R
E
17C
O
G
N
I
T
I
O
N
R
A
U
O
N
D
U
18A
C
R
E
S
19D
E
N
I
E
R
S
S
E
H
E
N
E
20P
E
R
K
Y
21S
E
D
A
T
E
S
Across
1 Across Erupted, wildly supposed (7) → REPUTED Anagram
Anagram of “Erupted”.
4 Across Artist's stand hidden in please look (5) → EASEL Hidden word
Hidden inside “please look”.
7 Across Insect then snare, carnivorous plant (7) → FLYTRAP Charade
FLY + TRAP.
9 Across Breastfeed infant, harbor a grudge (5) → NURSE Double definition
Two separate definitions of the same word.
10 Across Insight, completion of a plan (11) → REALIZATION Double definition
Two separate definitions of the same word.
11 Across Rear vision, wisdom after the event (9) → HINDSIGHT Charade
HIND + SIGHT.
16 Across Acknowledgment from shuffled ignore tonic (11) → RECOGNITION Anagram
Anagram of “ignore tonic”.
18 Across Tips of angry cats racing eager squirrels, farmland (5) → ACRES Initialism
First letters of: angry, cats, racing, eager, squirrels.
19 Across Skeptics come from resined, reworked (7) → DENIERS Anagram
Anagram of “resined”.
20 Across Chirpy after peek, rekey oddly (5) → PERKY Alternate letters
Every other letter of “peek rekey”, starting with the first.
21 Across Calms, hidden backwards in offset a destiny (7) → SEDATES Hidden backwards
Hidden backwards inside “offset a destiny”.
Down
1 Down Formers mixed up, improvements (7) → REFORMS Anagram
Anagram of “formers”.
2 Down Hay caps rearranged, buy without credit (3,4) → PAY CASH Anagram
Anagram of “hay caps”.
3 Down Torque, roots in twisted (7) → TORSION Anagram
Anagram of “roots in”.
4 Down Boredom from university's nine, scrambled (5) → ENNUI Anagram
Anagram of “nine U”.
5 Down Femme fatale's air-raid warning (5) → SIREN Double definition
Two separate definitions of the same word.
6 Down Green vegetables, middles of old, ten, leg, poker, taste (5) → LEEKS Middle letters
Middle letters of: old, ten, leg, poker, taste.
8 Down Diapers go, jumbled, an exclamation of thanks (6,3) → PRAISE GOD Anagram
Anagram of “diapers go”.
12 Down Ring end, muddled, flashed a wide smile (7) → GRINNED Anagram
Anagram of “ring end”.
13 Down Strident, beheaded, three-pronged spear (7) → TRIDENT Deletion
STRIDENT without its initial S.
14 Down Nasal cavities lurking in basin uses (7) → SINUSES Hidden word
Hidden inside “basin uses”.
15 Down Gravity, then rough file, gives firm grip (5) → GRASP Charade
G + RASP.
16 Down Right, land measure, right, scarcer (5) → RARER Charade
R + ARE + R.
17 Down Undemanding, buried in hibiscus hyacinth (5) → CUSHY Hidden word
Hidden inside “hibiscus hyacinth”.
How this puzzle was checked
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publication: definitions, indicators, enumerations and surface readings
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