The solved grid
1S
U
2N
B
3U
R
N
4F
E
5U
D
6S
U
O
N
O
P
C
7S
T
R
I
D
E
8R
9C
I
S
C
O
H
M
E
E
U
T
W
10I
N
S
U
R
E
D
11S
H
A
L
L
G
S
G
E
12T
13F
R
O
S
T
B
14I
T
E
D
A
R
A
M
15K
N
E
L
16L
17R
U
P
T
18U
R
19E
E
E
A
T
A
N
A
20I
L
I
A
D
21S
P
L
I
C
E
R
L
N
E
E
U
T
22L
O
G
A
N
23S
C
R
A
T
C
H
Across
1 Across Bun runs mixed up, skin reddening from exposure (7) → SUNBURN Anagram
Anagram of “bun runs”.
4 Across Quarrels from fused, rearranged (5) → FEUDS Anagram
Anagram of “fused”.
7 Across Street jockey is a loper (7) → STRIDER Charade
ST + RIDER.
9 Across Loci score conceals networking giant (5) → CISCO Hidden word
Hidden inside “loci score”.
10 Across Fashionable, certain daughter is covered (7) → INSURED Charade
IN + SURE + D.
11 Across Will, from superficial lacking a cry of pain (5) → SHALL Deletion
SHALLOW without its final OW.
13 Across Hoar's chomp causes cold-weather tissue damage (9) → FROSTBITE Charade
FROST + BITE.
15 Across Toll from heads of kind nurses easing long labour (5) → KNELL Initialism
First letters of: kind, nurses, easing, long, labour.
17 Across Breakdown, burst (7) → RUPTURE Double definition
Two separate definitions of the same word.
20 Across Chili ads hide ancient Greek epic (5) → ILIAD Hidden word
Hidden inside “chili ads”.
21 Across Tape-joining tool, quiet inside kitchen cutter (7) → SPLICER Container
P inside SLICER.
22 Across Along reworked is Canada's tallest peak (5) → LOGAN Anagram
Anagram of “along”.
23 Across Surface scrape hidden in disc ratchet (7) → SCRATCH Hidden word
Hidden inside “disc ratchet”.
Down
1 Down Suspicious greeting, a raw fish delicacy (5) → SUSHI Charade
SUS + HI.
2 Down Conventions, room inside numbers (5) → NORMS Container
RM inside NOS.
3 Down Below a turn, experience (7) → UNDERGO Charade
UNDER + GO.
4 Down Info customer hides chief concern (5) → FOCUS Hidden word
Hidden inside “info customer”.
5 Down Scrambled gate and pus overshadow (7) → UPSTAGE Anagram
Anagram of “gate pus”.
6 Down Cow inside sled, glowered (7) → SCOWLED Container
COW inside SLED.
8 Down Darts rest in disarray, songbirds (9) → REDSTARTS Anagram
Anagram of “darts rest”.
12 Down Become sick, buried backwards in collie katana (4,3) → TAKE ILL Hidden backwards
Hidden backwards inside “collie katana”.
13 Down Refine wildly, trace of gravity, liberating (7) → FREEING Anagram
Anagram of “refine g”.
14 Down Scamp, brew, resistance, piercer (7) → IMPALER Charade
IMP + ALE + R.
16 Down Boy, printer's unit, weighed down (5) → LADEN Charade
LAD + EN.
18 Down Uncle, Universal Time, unabridged (5) → UNCUT Charade
UNC + UT.
19 Down Soil, planet (5) → EARTH Double definition
Two separate definitions of the same word.
How this puzzle was checked
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publication: definitions, indicators, enumerations and surface readings
all get looked at, and clues that don't hold up are rewritten. The
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