Across
- 2. Middle Eastern state once called home (5)
- 3. Ginger feline lurking in chief verse (7)
- 6. Rock icon oddly hid remix in jam (4,9)
- 9. Outfit for hunter’s trip, tailored attire (6,4)
- 12. Tune of the ultimate quality and you are this! (6,3,4)
- 14. Noblewoman conceals Ella in a vessel (4,8)
- 17. Daughter's informal name for the best dad in the world (4)
- 19. Sussex spot where Medic’s reputation soared (7,4)
- 20. Clownish feature seen in surgery without comment (3,4)
- 21. Crazy animal lover in race to uncover animal sleuth (3,7:3,9)
Down
- 1. A tune that evokes a lighter tone (1,6,5,2,4)
- 4. Christmas confection of wobbly tots (5,6)
- 5. Song your daughters loves to hear you sing, beautiful melody of pure affection, scrambled ‘final whole vein’ (4,1,4,2,4)
- 7. Town where two friends cared and teamwork began, ‘as one’ scrambled (6)
- 8. Patient’s risqué memoir about doctor reveals unique fellow (1,7,4,2,3)
- 10. Blast from balcony to guard roses from deer (3,4)
- 11. Island where little ones built castles in the sand (6)
- 13. Troublesome plants dad fought to keep garden perfect
- 15. Monarch’s institution conceals clever logic initially (5,7)
- 16. Village where love united, mix ‘wander most one” (12)
- 18. Father conceals riches at resident happy place (8,4)