Clue answers and extra words are given in the table below. The across pangram was JYNX VELDT GOWF ZIMB QURSH PACK; the down pangram was LYNX JAB VUG DESK CWM FRITZ QOPH.
| No |
Extra word /
Component |
Answer |
Explanation |
| ACROSS |
| 1 | | MANXMEN | M + AN + XM [Xmas] + (lat)E + N [November] |
| 6 | | CARIB | (R(evolution) + I) in CAB |
| 10 | Druse / VUG | SKRY | Hidden |
| 12 | | AS OF | A + SO + F(ib) |
| 13 | | WALI | (I + LAW) < |
| 14 | | TYG | Hidden |
| 15 | | VU QUANG OX | VU [French seen] + QUANGO + X |
| 16 | | PUSS | PU + S(tatistic)S |
| 17 | | GETA | E in GT [drop] + A |
| 18 | | JOY | O(ranges) in JY |
| 19 | | STALLINGERS | SLINGERS about TAL(k) |
| 21 | German / FRITZ | ATOMY | A + TOY about M |
| 23 | valley / CWM | BARAZA | BAZAAR * |
| 25 | | TO COME | T + O’ + COM + (welfar)E |
| 28 | ounce / LYNX | TOMAN | T(arnish) + O’ + M’ + AN |
| 31 | | DEFRAUDMENT | AFTER EDMUND * |
| 33 | | MYS | (e)MYS |
| 34 | stab / JAB | TA-TA | T + AT + A |
| 36 | character / QOPH | AGON | A + G(reek) + ON |
| 37 | | MYOLOGIST | IS GLOOMY * + (Ruper)T |
| 38 | bureau / DESK | ZAG | G after ZA |
| 39 | | AGED | A + GED |
| 40 | | ARCH | Hidden; reference Bunyan |
| 41 | | SAMA | (O)SAMA |
| 42 | | MOTET | MOTE + T(hrill) |
| 43 | | SESTETT | SET about STET |
| DOWN |
| 1 | | RISQUES | QU in RISES |
| 2 | | EXOMIS | (SIX + (w)OME(n)) * |
| 3 | | FOZIER | Alternate letters |
| 4 | | REMAP | EM in RAP; mutton = em in printing |
| 5 | | HIGH | Three definitions |
| 6 | | CLEEVES | CAVES, A replaced by LEE |
| 7 | | WEATHER VANE | (WE HAVEN’T + (on)E + (ide)A + (fo)R) * |
| 8 | | UPTOWN | UP TO + W(ashingto)N |
| 9 | | BUFFI | BUFF + (Puccin)I; reference Puccini’s Turandot |
| 11 | | WAISTCLOTHS | SCOTTISH LAW * |
| 18 | | JAW | J + A + (la)W |
| 20 | | PAH | (oom)PAH |
| 22 | | ORESTES | ROS TEES * |
| 23 | | BAD | BARD – R |
| 24 | | EVOVAES | A in EVOLVES – L |
| 26 | | THROAT | THAT about (R(oom) + O(n)) |
| 27 | | TWI | Hidden |
| 29 | | THESIS | “THE SIS” |
| 30 | | ESTERS | (t)ESTERS |
| 31 | | DARER | (DR + RE <) about A |
| 32 | | REIKI | (R(olfing) + I(nstructor)) about EIK |
| 35 | | SUCH | SLOUCH – LO; definition is “What” |
