22 Across by Calmac

Puzzle explanation

The puzzle marked the 100th anniversary of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by Gavrilo Princip, beside the River Miljacka in Sarajevo, Bosnia. Corrections to clue misprints spelt "event occurred near riverside; highlight twenty-two cells symbolically", referring to the symbolic cross formed in the grid. The title also refers to these 22 cells forming "a cross".

Clue explanations

Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal

No Misprint Answer Explanation
Across
1 Wad(E)s FORDS FOR + D(une)S
5 (V)olts TASER RATES *
9 N(E)ck CRAIG RA in CIG
12 rai(N) WEEP WEE + P(irate)
13 (T)alk ORATE O + RATE
14 t(O)re RENT (pa)RENT(s)
15 (C)lan AKIN (t)AKIN(g)
16 (C)ity RURAL RUR + AL
18 l(U)sting PERV PER + V
19 Ne(R)d NANA NA + NA
20 Pi(R)ate’s SOMALIA (AIL + AMOS) <
21 s(E)t EWER SEWER − S
22 re(D) VERMIL VEIL around RM
24 pla(N)e ACK-ACK KACK after AC
26 (E)nd FINIS (SIN + IF) <
29 f(A)rm DOERS ROSE * after D
30 sta(R) ALGOL ALL around GO
32 (R)arely INNOVATES (VAT IN ONE’S) *
33 d(I)sh RAITA TIARA *
36 bra(V)e SCALP (ra)SCAL P(inched)
37 al(E) DRANK RAN in DK
38 spo(R)t HABIT H(urts) + A BIT
40 A(S)ian TATAR T(aunt) A(quarian) T(ype) A(fter) R(ow)
43 str(I)pped NUDE E after DUN <
45 (D)eath’s BANSHEE (HAS BEEN) *
48 p(E)rson’s TEEN TEE + (ordinatio)N
50 c(H)in AMATI A + MAT + I
51 F(I)rm TENET (intrica)TE NET(work)
52 (G)rown SUMAC CAMUS <
53 (H)oly SAINT SAT around IN
54 fa(L)l DROP OP after DR
55 B(I)g EURASIA U in (SEA AIR) *
56 ma(G) PULP PULPIT − IT
Down
2 (H)orse REIN 2 meanings
3 bi(T)s DENARII (DEAR IN) * + I
4 (T)ic SPASM SPA + S(ummer) + M
5 (W)inding TOROID TO + DIOR <
6 fl(E)shy ARUM A + RUM
7 A(N)d ET AL LATE <
8 (T)imes RELICS SLICER *
9 Squeak(Y) CREAK C(ute) R(ather) E(ndearing) A(s) K(ittens)
10 Retrac(T)s REPEALS (A LEPER’S) *
11 Ne(W)ly ANEW AN + (E + W)
17 (O)ut RAJ JAR <
22 (C)ages VIVARIUMS V + IV + ARIUS around M
23 Spong(E) LOOFAH LOO + F(lower) A(lways) H(as)
24 (L)and ARABIA AA around RABI
25 (L)eaf KOALA BEAR KO + A + LAB + EAR
27 In(S)ect NAIAD (Chen)NAI AD(dicts)
28 (S)eps SNAKEBITE (KNEES A BIT) *
30 t(Y)pe AESTHESIA ESTHE(r) in ASIA
31 E(M)it GRATE R in GATE
34 (B)ody’s SHIATSU S + HIATUS with last letters reversed
35 m(O)re STRETTI TITTERS *
39 gul(L) BOS’N (B + N) around OS
41 F(I)x SET-UP SP around ETU(i)
42 Sti(C)k STUMP (fir)ST UMP(ire)
44 p(A)inters DADO D + ADO
46 C(L)ose NEAR N + EAR
47 (L)ay HENS (wit)H EN S(uite)
49 Speed(Y) EMEU (stol)E (fro)M (whit)E (subar)U
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