Cryptic Crossword 1-22

Across:

1 Mikado, Mi + Do (notes), about (container), Ka (genius), sultan (def)

5 Feminism, woman’s rights (def), oddly (odd letter selection from) fretsome, about (container), mini (baby)

9 Hardline, cast-iron (def), hard (solid), sphere (line)

10 Grainy, coarse (def), gray (black), clothing (container), in (trendy)

11 Decoration, honor (def), construction (anagram of) coordinate

12 Char, the maid (def), somewhat (hidden), rest is fodder

13 Agrarian, farming (def), r (right), dividing (insertion), fall (anagram of) Niagara

16 Anubis, a (a), nub (hunk), is (passes), Egyptian god (def)

17 Demand, claim (def), de (of in French), man (guy), on (juxtaposition), d (Germany)

19 Vacation, DD

21 Orgy, keg party (def), some (hidden), all around (reverse scan), rest is fodder

22 Namby-pamby, MB (doctor), breaking (insertion), pay (foot), after (positionally after), nay (rejection), consumed (container), MB (him … reference to the Doctor)

25 Slalom, sidestep (def), slam (punch), covering (container), crux of (middle letters in) blow

26 Outsmart, meta, trams (target), Fox (def), one way to get trams is via anagram (out) of “smart”

27 Massacre, death (def), accident (anagram of) scares + ma (old lady)

28 Carpet, cover (def), car (motor), pet (speed)

Down:

2 Inane, pointless (def), somewhat (hidden), rest is fodder

3 Audio, for starters (acrostic), sound (def), rest is fodder

4 Origami, o (no), rig (clothing), am (in the morning), I (a), Japanese art form (def)

5 Flexion, action of bending (def), sound (homophone of) reflection (note), not (deletion of) re (again), so flection sounds like flexion

6 Magenta, color (def), mag (book), compilation (anagram of) neat

7 No-account, peanut (def), variety (anagram of) a + n (new) + coconut

8 San Marino, country (def), SA (South America), NM (New Mexico), AR (Arkansas), IN (Indiana), O (Ohio)

14 Guerrilla, paramilitary (def), nearly (delete last letter in) lured, wrong (anagram of) lure + a + girl

15 Amaryllis, all (each and everyone), around (container), Mary (Mary), is (is), Belladonna lily (def)

18 Dynamic, setbacks (reversal of) many, in (insertion), endless (drop last letter from) dice, flush (def)

19 Vamoose, run along (def), VA (state), moose (animal)

20 Cryptic, cry (call), p (softly), tic (twist), deep (def)

23 Armor, cover (def), hiding (hidden), rest is fodder

24 Borne, taken (def), in (hidden), written up (reverse scan), rest is fodder