The solved grid
1S
U
2P
E
3R
4B
U
5R
P
6I
N
7G
T
E
I
U
N
I
8A
S
C
E
T
I
9C
10B
A
S
E
S
R
K
E
O
E
H
T
11T
E
S
T
S
12N
E
L
S
O
N
S
L
J
L
R
E
13E
N
14C
O
U
R
A
G
E
15T
Y
A
G
R
16B
I
E
N
N
I
A
17T
A
18S
T
E
I
B
N
T
W
W
M
19L
A
R
G
O
20E
W
E
L
A
M
B
L
O
L
E
M
L
21Y
A
W
N
I
N
G
22N
A
I
V
E
Across
1 Across Brilliant purse upset (5) → SUPER Anagram
Anagram of “purse”.
4 Across Belching seedcase with tinny noise (7) → BURPING Charade
BUR + PING.
8 Across Vinegary, taking in small, self-denying (7) → ASCETIC Container
S inside ACETIC.
10 Across Fish hugging East, foundations (5) → BASES Container
E inside BASS.
11 Across Exams: street and group, both returned (5) → TESTS Reversal
ST SET reversed.
12 Across Wrestling holds in kennels on Sunday (7) → NELSONS Hidden word
Hidden inside “kennels on Sunday”.
13 Across Spur orange cue wildly (9) → ENCOURAGE Anagram
Anagram of “orange cue”.
16 Across Benin AI reworked, two-year spans (7) → BIENNIA Anagram
Anagram of “Benin AI”.
17 Across Flavour: gallery keeping son (5) → TASTE Container
S inside TATE.
19 Across Slow household god, attempt (5) → LARGO Charade
LAR + GO.
20 Across Treasured possession, Mabel we mangled (3,4) → EWE LAMB Anagram
Anagram of “Mabel we”.
21 Across Gaping, any wing shattered (7) → YAWNING Anagram
Anagram of “any wing”.
22 Across Gullible, one admitted to church area (5) → NAIVE Container
I inside NAVE.
Down
1 Down Jolt small, sharp Frenchman's article (7) → STARTLE Charade
S + TART + LE.
2 Down Kisses quickly as small spots lose head (5) → PECKS Deletion
SPECKS without its initial S.
3 Down Ceremonies sound like entitlements (5) → RITES Homophone
Sounds like “rights”.
5 Down Polish jazz diva for German measles (7) → RUBELLA Charade
RUB + ELLA.
6 Down Close to land, hire son working (7) → INSHORE Anagram
Anagram of “hire son”.
7 Down Main points of soldier on streets (5) → GISTS Charade
GI + STS.
9 Down Inflect with trick, pitcher, dined (9) → CONJUGATE Charade
CON + JUG + ATE.
13 Down Byre woe shaken, expressive facial feature (7) → EYEBROW Anagram
Anagram of “byre woe”.
14 Down Lion can battered, Sicilian pastry (7) → CANNOLI Anagram
Anagram of “lion can”.
15 Down Shiver, triple clutching metre (7) → TREMBLE Container
M inside TREBLE.
16 Down Invoice, variable, for male goat (5) → BILLY Charade
BILL + Y.
17 Down Overly cute and new young adolescent (5) → TWEEN Charade
TWEE + N.
18 Down Guru with southwest, Parisian friend (5) → SWAMI Charade
SW + AMI.
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