Tossed Salad solution
by Kegler
The shaded diagonals spell out READ THE CLUES' FIRST LETTERS. Those, in
turn, spell out REPEAT FRUIT'S
FIRST LETTER AND ANAGRAM TO FORM A NEW WORD. Accordingly, the eight
wordplay-only clues yield
names of fruits; the resulting entries are shown in curly brackets in the
parsings and are highlighted in the answer grid.
The two “loose” cases are 11D and 32D, since the “anagramming” doesn't change
the order of the letters in the fruit.
Across
| 1 | RA(P)IDS |
| 5 | CO + COASt |
| 9 | MEL + T |
| 10 | MICA (hidden) |
| 12 | MAN + GOes {GAMMON} |
| 13 | OMEGA (hidden) |
| 14 | LIN(D)EN |
| 15 | CA + T,G + UT |
| 17 | SE(P)T |
| 19 | T + EASE |
| 20 | EOLITH (THE OIL anag) |
| 22 | lEARNED |
| 24 | AP + P,L + E (PA rev) {APPEAL} |
| 28 | RECITAL (ARTICLE anag) |
| 31 | COP + R + A |
| 34 | NOSE ("KNOWS" hom) |
| 35 | FILL-UP (PULL IF rev) |
| 36 | ARRAS (hidden) |
| 39 | P,R + UNE {PRENUP} |
| 41 | ASTRONOMER (RENTS A ROOM anag) |
| 42 | FO(L for R)K |
| 43 | SUBTYPES (BY UPSETS anag) |
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Down
| 2 | AEGIS (hidden) |
| 3 | P(L)ANE |
| 4 | DIM + E |
| 5 | C + IN + CH |
| 6 | CAMe |
| 7 | O + RANGE {OREGANO} |
| 8 | ARGU(S)ES |
| 9 | LIME (EMIL rev) {MILLE} |
| 10 | MO(N)TH |
| 11 | D.A. + TE {DATED} |
| 16 | TERM (hidden) |
| 18 | PIE (odd letters) |
| 21 | O + PEN |
| 23 | AN + C(I)ENT |
| 24 | mARIA + S |
| 25 | LAM + P |
| 26 | ELF (FLEw rev) |
| 27 | P.E. (A) + R {PAPER} |
| 29 | CO(R)AL |
| 30 | TES TeS (SET rev twice) |
| 32 | PLUMe {PLUMP} |
| 33 | RUPE + E (PURE anag) |
| 37 | R(I)O (OR rev) |
| 38 | A + S + K |
| 40 | ROB (2 defs) |
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