The solved grid
1P
R
2E
L
3U
D
E
4T
A
5B
O
6O
U
P
N
O
A
P
7D
R
A
C
H
M
8A
9R
H
Y
M
E
G
U
I
S
N
O
N
Y
10L
A
P
I
S
L
A
Z
U
L
I
E
I
D
N
11G
12T
H
13R
E
S
H
O
L
14D
G
E
O
T
Y
15N
A
16T
I
O
N
A
L
17I
Z
E
18F
E
U
T
N
N
I
R
19S
A
L
V
O
20T
I
T
A
N
I
A
I
L
U
R
G
U
21S
W
E
E
T
22G
L
O
S
S
E
D
Across
1 Across Overture from pure led in ruins (7) → PRELUDE Anagram
Anagram of “pure led”.
4 Across Ban thanks and jeer (5) → TABOO Charade
TA + BOO.
7 Across Old coin from doctor, German sigh, mother (7) → DRACHMA Charade
DR + ACH + MA.
9 Across Verse, by the sound of it, is hoar frost (5) → RHYME Homophone
Sounds like “rime”.
10 Across Blue gem from wrecked spill a Zulia (5,6) → LAPIS LAZULI Anagram
Anagram of “spill a Zulia”.
12 Across Doorstep, beat aged (9) → THRESHOLD Charade
THRESH + OLD.
15 Across Take over country, a girl's nickname, east (11) → NATIONALIZE Charade
NATION + A + LIZ + E.
19 Across Volley from heads of sly armed louts venting outrage (5) → SALVO Initialism
First letters of: sly, armed, louts, venting, outrage.
20 Across Fairy queen, giant from Iowa (7) → TITANIA Charade
TITAN + IA.
21 Across Cute set holding us (5) → SWEET Container
WE inside SET.
22 Across Dog less trained, annotated (7) → GLOSSED Anagram
Anagram of “dog less”.
Down
1 Down Some spud gyros are plump (5) → PUDGY Hidden word
Hidden inside “spud gyros”.
2 Down Shoulder decoration east, apostle, alien (7) → EPAULET Charade
E + PAUL + ET.
3 Down Uncool, unload losing south (5) → UNHIP Deletion
UNSHIP without S from the middle.
4 Down Twister: ripped fuss (7) → TORNADO Charade
TORN + ADO.
5 Down Swamp from beany bonus, regularly (5) → BAYOU Alternate letters
Every other letter of “beany bonus”, starting with the first.
6 Down Pin gone astray? That's a start (7) → OPENING Anagram
Anagram of “pin gone”.
8 Down Sit as ants, reshuffled, for aide (9) → ASSISTANT Anagram
Anagram of “sit as ants”.
11 Down Hereditary unit and sister, briefly, make a beginning (7) → GENESIS Charade
GENE + SIS.
13 Down Kangaroo and tipster eradicate (4,3) → ROOT OUT Charade
ROO + TOUT.
14 Down Reworked design, unknown, for colourings (7) → DYEINGS Anagram
Anagram of “design y”.
16 Down Netting, cores of hotel bus, jolly ale men (5) → TULLE Middle letters
Middle letters of: hotel, bus, jolly, ale, men.
17 Down Saint Roger shelters preamble (5) → INTRO Hidden word
Hidden inside “Saint Roger”.
18 Down Scam Berlin wife and daughter (5) → FRAUD Charade
FRAU + D.
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