Beginning Anew solution
by Kegler
The extra words’ first letters spell STARTING FROM SCRATCH; the seven modified entries each start with a different
synonym for scratch.
Across
| 1 | DREADFUL (FAD LURED anag) |
| 7 | PACT ("PACKED" hom) |
| 11 | R + OAR [spinning] |
| 12 | H + ITCH [Tom] |
| 13 | EiSSEN (rev) |
| 15 | ELA + STIN (rev) [athletes] |
| 16 | AGE GROUPS (GOP ARGUES anag) |
| 17 | SWATH (THAWS anag) [rye] |
| 19 | F + LAP (PAL rev) [Tiny] |
| 20 | ERRandS [immediately] |
| 22 | MARB + LED |
| 24 | DE(CREdit)ED |
| 25 | [F/m]IRE [Nature] |
| 27 | TIPS (rev) [gentle] |
| 28 | DOZE + N |
| 29 | CUTL + ASSES |
| 33 | T(RINK)ET [field] |
| 34 | RASTA (rev hidden) |
| 35 | NEVIS (VINES anag) [rapidly] |
| 36 | WHEn + T |
| 37 | PSST (hidden) [often] |
| 38 | NICKNAM + E (rev) |
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Down
| 1 | D + tRESSED (DESSERT rev) |
| 2 | ROSE (SORE anag) [muscles] |
| 3 | AREA (hidden) [Soccer] |
| 4 | DINGH(I)ES |
| 5 | F(REED + M)EN |
| 6 | LIAR (rev) [Children's] |
| 8 | ACTUALIZES (CUT AS ELIZA anag) [Razor] |
| 9 | CHIPP(E)R |
| 10 | TENSE (TEENS anag) |
| 14 | SCARCIT(I)ES |
| 18 | SAD + I + STICk [around] |
| 19 | FREDERIK (IRKED REF anag) [the] |
| 21 | RETU + RNS (TRUE anag) |
| 23 | DENTATE ("EIGHT" hom) |
| 26 | A + C(T)UP [chamomile] |
| 30 | A + KINg |
| 31 | SAWN (SWAN anag) |
| 32 | I + TEM (MET rev) [headlong] |
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