The solved grid
1S
O
2M
E
3W
A
Y
4Q
U
5A
D
6S
T
A
A
U
R
H
7U
L
N
A
S
8T
H
I
N
I
C
E
N
I
T
O
B
E
B
9G
R
A
C
E
10L
O
B
E
L
I
A
C
E
L
N
11B
U
S
12S
I
R
E
E
13F
I
G
O
L
A
A
14B
A
15L
L
O
O
N
16M
E
R
C
17Y
S
A
G
C
A
M
U
18T
O
S
P
A
R
E
19C
R
E
A
M
A
E
N
O
R
M
20Y
A
R
D
S
21A
M
N
E
S
T
Y
Across
1 Across Woes may be mangled somehow (7) → SOMEWAY Anagram
Anagram of “woes may”.
4 Across Thigh muscles from queen, turn, notices (5) → QUADS Charade
Q + U + ADS.
7 Across Arm bones in awful nasty (5) → ULNAS Hidden word
Hidden inside “awful nasty”.
8 Across Chin tie twisted, precarious ground (4,3) → THIN ICE Anagram
Anagram of “chin tie”.
9 Across Poise from gram, sprint (5) → GRACE Charade
G + RACE.
10 Across Bedding plant, able oil disturbed (7) → LOBELIA Anagram
Anagram of “able oil”.
11 Across Coach, leaders of big unhappy schoolkids (3) → BUS Initialism
First letters of: big, unhappy, schoolkids.
12 Across Emphatic tag in desire enough (5) → SIREE Hidden word
Hidden inside “desire enough”.
13 Across Fruit from animated image sent back (3) → FIG Reversal
GIF reversed.
14 Across Swell airship (7) → BALLOON Double definition
Two separate definitions of the same word.
16 Across Compassion in summer cycle (5) → MERCY Hidden word
Hidden inside “summer cycle”.
18 Across Surplus from shuffled sea port (2,5) → TO SPARE Anagram
Anagram of “sea port”.
19 Across The best, Celsius taking paper quantity (5) → CREAM Charade
C + REAM.
20 Across Gardens from broken drays (5) → YARDS Anagram
Anagram of “drays”.
21 Across Morning, bird's home, variable pardon (7) → AMNESTY Charade
AM + NEST + Y.
Down
1 Down Hurt, some of last unguarded (5) → STUNG Hidden word
Hidden inside “last unguarded”.
2 Down Lunatics concealed backwards by Abel's Cain amazed (7) → MANIACS Hidden backwards
Hidden backwards inside “Abel's Cain amazed”.
3 Down Sweat spilt, rubbish (5) → WASTE Anagram
Anagram of “sweat”.
4 Down Cavil, bleb qui reworked (7) → QUIBBLE Anagram
Anagram of “bleb qui”.
5 Down Spirit, midpoints of bad art, big hen, old (5) → ARIEL Middle letters
Middle letters of: bad, art, big, hen, old.
6 Down Everything, hen bags reformed (7) → SHEBANG Anagram
Anagram of “hen bags”.
8 Down Forbearance, alter once rewritten (9) → TOLERANCE Anagram
Anagram of “alter once”.
11 Down Float, linger, bowsprit rope (7) → BOBSTAY Charade
BOB + STAY.
12 Down Mottoes, partly his log answers (7) → SLOGANS Hidden word
Hidden inside “his log answers”.
13 Down Crop growers, framers adapted (7) → FARMERS Anagram
Anagram of “framers”.
15 Down Light source, earls displaced (5) → LASER Anagram
Anagram of “earls”.
16 Down Burgundy, diacritic dropping right (5) → MACON Deletion
MACRON without R from the middle.
17 Down Delicious sound of relish, gosh (5) → YUMMY Charade
YUM + MY.
How this puzzle was checked
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software, then the finished puzzle was read and edited by hand before
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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