Mr. Zellman's class - Something Extra solution
by Ron Sweet

The word in the gray squares is SURPRISE.  The unclued letters are shown below in brackets.

Across 1 CA{R}P (1st letters) 4 {R}ASH (HAS anag) 7 AL(A)'S 8 AN + T{E} 9 {S}PReY 10 FRY (odd letters) 11 TEST{I}ER (STREET anag) 16 RA{P}T (hidden) 18 EON (ONE anag) 20 HE(I)R 21 S{U}EaT 22 EA{S}T (TEA anag) 23 SA(L,T)Y

Down 1 CAn + {S}T 2 ALP (PAL anag) 3 {R}AREa 4 {R}A + FT 5 duSTY 6 H{E}A(R)D 11 T(R)O{U}T 12 S{P}I(T)S 13 {I}DEAL (LEAD anag) 14 E(X)I{S}T 15 PESO (POSE anag) 17 THE (hidden) 19 NET (TEN rev)