The solved grid
1R
E
2B
E
3L
4S
U
5B
M
6E
N
7U
I
A
U
L
N
8E
P
O
X
Y
9L
I
N
K
A
G
E
N
C
E
O
D
T
X
10C
O
H
E
R
E
D
11T
W
E
R
P
A
I
E
E
L
12P
O
P
13D
O
S
E
14S
15S
P
A
S
T
A
P
I
16U
T
17T
E
18R
19O
U
T
E
A
R
N
L
R
U
N
I
R
E
20A
Z
U
R
I
T
E
21E
R
R
E
D
T
E
N
T
O
22E
N
R
A
G
E
S
23Y
A
W
N
S
Across
1 Across Bishop scrambled with a reel to defy authority (5) → REBEL Anagram
Rearrange the letters of “REELB”.
4 Across Stand-in offers a list of dishes as secondary options on screen (7) → SUBMENU Charade
Join two pieces end to end, 3 and 4 letters long.
8 Across Banned hormone drug combined with male chromosomes forms strong adhesive (5) → EPOXY Charade
Join two pieces end to end, 3 and 2 letters long.
9 Across Number of printed lines around a thousand creates a connection (7) → LINKAGE Container
Put a 1-letter run inside a 6-letter word.
10 Across Company, present with five hundred, stuck together (7) → COHERED Charade
Join three pieces end to end, 2, 4 and 1 letters long.
11 Across Fool, as tedious weekend events ruin plans, initially (5) → TWERP Initialism
Take the first letter of each: Tedious, Weekend, Events, Ruin, Plans.
12 Across Fizzy drink from please, open, promptly, initially (3) → POP Initialism
Take the first letter of each: Please, Open, Promptly.
13 Across Performs, admitting small, prescribed amounts (5) → DOSES Container
Put a 1-letter run inside a 4-letter word.
15 Across Quarrel, curtailed, becomes a health resort (3) → SPA Deletion
Remove 1 letter from the end of a longer word.
16 Across Complete when true is scrambled with temperature (5) → UTTER Anagram
Rearrange the letters of “TRUET”.
19 Across Make more money than others, concealed in about earnings figures (7) → OUTEARN Hidden word
The answer is hidden inside “about earnings”.
20 Across Blue mineral formed from a zit that ere long turned rare (7) → AZURITE Charade
Join two pieces end to end, 4 and 3 letters long.
21 Across Went wrong holding a diamond inside a rugged edge (5) → ERRED Container
Put a 1-letter run inside a 4-letter word.
22 Across Energy that ranges wildly infuriates (7) → ENRAGES Anagram
Rearrange the letters of “e ranges”.
23 Across Gapes when a swan is shaken, yielding to unknown (5) → YAWNS Anagram
Rearrange the letters of “swan y”.
Down
2 Down Phobic, wildly, about one tiny laboratory on a wafer (7) → BIOCHIP Anagram
Rearrange the letters of “phobic i”.
3 Down Delayer, mangled, ends up in tiers (7) → LAYERED Anagram
Rearrange the letters of “delayer”.
5 Down Baker used no dairy topping, at first, for a ring-shaped cake (5) → BUNDT Initialism
Take the first letter of each: Baker, used, no, dairy, topping.
6 Down Thrill: guests at the hotel ate heartily (5) → ELATE Hidden word
The answer is hidden inside “hotel ate”.
7 Down Apex, unlined and wildly redrawn, remains baffling (11) → UNEXPLAINED Anagram
Rearrange the letters of “apex unlined”.
8 Down Sum up: nurse, capitals, you and a delayed arrival (11) → ENCAPSULATE Charade
Join four pieces end to end, 2, 4, 1 and 4 letters long.
9 Down Vein of ore and rock make a magnet (9) → LODESTONE Charade
Join two pieces end to end, 4 and 5 letters long.
14 Down Fullness, from yeast it mixed up (7) → SATIETY Anagram
Rearrange the letters of “yeast it”.
15 Down Small bird concealed among wisp arrows (7) → SPARROW Hidden word
The answer is hidden inside “wisp arrows”.
17 Down More honest, given time to regret turning right (5) → TRUER Charade
Join three pieces end to end, 1, 3 and 1 letters long.
18 Down Regretting having to unrig, chaotically (5) → RUING Anagram
Rearrange the letters of “unrig”.
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