The solved grid
1N
E
2M
E
3S
I
S
4R
E
5S
E
6W
A
A
A
E
K
O
7T
O
G
A
S
8A
N
N
O
Y
E
R
A
I
H
R
E
W
S
9L
U
C
K
I
E
R
10W
R
A
T
H
M
O
Y
I
11A
12S
T
I
N
G
R
13A
Y
S
P
V
E
A
N
14A
I
D
E
15S
16N
A
T
I
17V
E
18S
R
U
L
C
E
O
O
19I
N
C
L
O
S
E
20I
N
C
U
R
C
E
T
N
A
T
21E
A
R
T
H
22G
I
G
G
L
E
S
Across
1 Across Bitter rival, Siemens in a mess (7) → NEMESIS Anagram
Anagram of “Siemens”.
4 Across Stitch again when ewers break (5) → RESEW Anagram
Anagram of “ewers”.
7 Across Roman robes, shut chatter (5) → TOGAS Charade
TO + GAS.
8 Across Pest has one Ryan rattled (7) → ANNOYER Anagram
Anagram of “one Ryan”.
9 Across Braver losing power? That's more fortunate (7) → LUCKIER Deletion
PLUCKIER without its initial P.
10 Across Fury, garland lacking energy (5) → WRATH Deletion
WREATH without E from the middle.
12 Across Scrambled stay rings for venomous fish (9) → STINGRAYS Anagram
Anagram of “stay rings”.
14 Across Assistants, leaders of all idle drivers eating sandwiches (5) → AIDES Initialism
First letters of: all, idle, drivers, eating, sandwiches.
16 Across Vainest upset locals (7) → NATIVES Anagram
Anagram of “vainest”.
19 Across Fence in Nicole's dancing (7) → INCLOSE Anagram
Anagram of “Nicole's”.
20 Across Suffer fashionable mongrel (5) → INCUR Charade
IN + CUR.
21 Across Planet in fine art hung (5) → EARTH Hidden word
Hidden inside “fine art hung”.
22 Across Titters from booking, gram, French articles (7) → GIGGLES Charade
GIG + G + LES.
Down
1 Down Of birth, some Ghana talks (5) → NATAL Hidden word
Hidden inside “Ghana talks”.
2 Down Sorcery, raincoat hugging soldier (5) → MAGIC Container
GI inside MAC.
3 Down Japanese dish from belt, one note (7) → SASHIMI Charade
SASH + I + MI.
4 Down Refresh, seen in empire newsreel (5) → RENEW Hidden word
Hidden inside “empire newsreel”.
5 Down Firmament over methods for air lanes (7) → SKYWAYS Charade
SKY + WAYS.
6 Down Adoration from row rising, liner (7) → WORSHIP Charade
WOR + SHIP.
8 Down Hubris from orange car damaged (9) → ARROGANCE Anagram
Anagram of “orange car”.
11 Down Greed for a video referee over diamonds (7) → AVARICE Charade
A + VAR + ICE.
12 Down Tempter from south, draw out right (7) → SEDUCER Charade
S + EDUCE + R.
13 Down Betting worker, Berlin's one, gram (7) → ANTEING Charade
ANT + EIN + G.
15 Down Idleness: son's reluctant (5) → SLOTH Charade
S + LOTH.
17 Down Very old Californian is outspoken (5) → VOCAL Charade
V + O + CAL.
18 Down Drunks housing right types (5) → SORTS Container
R inside SOTS.
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