Quick Cryptic No 334 by Hurley – anagram practice time

A medium level quickie with no obscure words or unfair clues today, good setting Mr Hurley, a couple of long anagrams to unravel, not much else to add.

Across
1 SATURN – SA = saw with backing W away, TURN = change of direction, def. celestial body.
4 LARDER – (A)LAR(M) = endless alarm, DER = German for ‘the’, def. store.
9 PHILADELPHIAN – (HE’D ALL HIP PAIN)*, anagrid ‘treated’, def. city man.
10 AGE – Regular letters of ArGuE, def. get older.
11 CERTAINLY – (LYRIC NEAT)*, anagrind ‘rewrite’, def. without doubt.
12 COSMIC – Insert S for son into COMIC = entertainer, def. universal.
13 INNATE – INN = pub, ATE = had meal, def. natural.
16 SAN MARINO – AS retreating = SA, (IRON MAN)*, anagrind ‘crushed’, def. republic.
18 AWE – Leads to = first letters of: Admiration, Wild, Enthusiasm, def. wonder.
19 RETAIL THERAPY – Cryptic pun.
21 LINGER – LINGER(IE) = underwear with ‘that is’ missing’ def. delay departure?
22 CARTON – CAR = wheels, TON = heavyweight, def. container.

Down
1 SOP – S = second, OP = work, def. concession.
2 TRICEPS – TRICE = instant, PS = postscript, def. source of strength.
3 REACCLIMATISE – (ARCTIC SEA MILE)* anagrind ‘off’, def. again adapt to environment.
5 ALPHA AND OMEGA – First and last letters of Greek alphabet.
6 DEIGN – Sounds like DANE = national, def. act condescendingly.
7 RUNNYMEDE – RUNNY = likely to flow, MEDE sounds like mead, = drink they’d say, def. Thames location, a water meadow where Magna Carta was sealed 800 years ago.
8 METRO – MET = encountered, R = republic, O = old, def. railway system.
10 ANCESTRAL – Hidden in D(ANCES TRA L)A-LA, def. referring to past.
14 ADAMANT – ADAM = Old Testament man, then initial letters of Appreciate New Testament, def. unyielding.
15 WITTY – WI = West Indian, TT = abstainer, Y = ultimate in comedY, def. humorous.
17 NOT ON – NOON = midday, insert T = time, def. unacceptable.
20 YEN – Y = currency in end, E = eastern, N = note, def. &lit.

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