October 2025 Like Two-Tone by Yimin

 Like Two-Tone by Yimin

There are eight clashes in the grid, one being larger than the others.  Each must be replaced by an appropriate symbol in submissions.  Numbers in brackets denote the length of answers. 
Twenty-three clues have a misprint in the definition.  Correct letters in clue order spell the title of a work having something in common with the solution.  The last letters of four of the clues whose corrected misprints give the first letter of the words in the title of the work can be re-arranged to spell what the grid represents. 

Punctuation may mislead.  Chambers is recommended 

Across
1    Hard to get right – teacher said easy to grasp! (10)
8    Satisfied in the part, acting settled (5)
13    Parks cut incorporated cycling road (6)
15    Jimmy Young, on vacation, returns accepting offers over term of residence (5)
18    Moon’s angular momentum and volcanic rock restrict stage of glaciation (7)
19    Thematic, unclued (12, 2 words)
20    Finance minister’s office is worried about government being overthrown for independence (6)
21    Book of rules meets church’s pact (5)
22    Brave to follow bad-tempered sheep breed (9)
25    Lock chest with outsize key (6)
27    Ignoring daughter, Delia runs about baking cake (6)
30    Ornaments tail of Pedigree Black Malamute – crazy! not for everyone (9)
35    Bee lands now and then, heads for Diervilla Ionicera often (5)
37    Film set on moor - revolutionary renegade chasing about Virginia (6)
38    Thematic, unclued (6)
39    Paint preposterous old lover? After Freud, essentially (6)
40    Mendel a novitiate embracing Brno (4)
41    Absent bass, agree to fish (5)
42    Electronic footprint returns name (6)
43    Scold with extremes of gangsta rap (5)
44    No internal security - dared to shift diamonds, saving no ornaments (10)

Down

1    Leaser reportedly tunnelled under temporary shelter (10)

2    Compound’s concerned with complete inductance (5)

3    Sailor’s clothing a special warm material (5)

4    Kalahari’s chief tribe produce food from vines (9, 2 words)

5    Loses acceleration during take off, underpinning case for aborting (6)

6    Bring up lump of ore containing iridium to make type of acid (5)

7    Roach from lake over by Delaware (4)

9    Look on middle of bench in park as cheap bed? (5)

10    Butterfly’s utmost efforts on engaging Italian flower (6)

11    Aims to reverse part of counsel sign-off (5)

12    Poet’s tired of nine-to-five, numb getting up to host working that is awry (10)

14    Barrier on Tay blocking pass creates swamp in Perth (5)

16    Swot up system of relative values in edition about atomic weight over time (9)

17    With joyful heart Queen joins Earl, dated together (5)

23    Jackals regularly feral on account of captured native boar (5)

24    Fast attack craft base out of bounds, upset Army women in WWII (6)

26    Western Liechtenstein abandoning policy that’s not committed to one side or the other (5)

28    Religious leader’s disciple is knocking back beer after church! (5)

29    Glass wing serving as canopy for National Gallery’s opening (5)

31    Cultivated grounds of farm in Miyagi provide copious rice sources (5)

32    Renoir’s sickness – rheumatoid arthritis – is mounting bane (5)

33    Fire perception; try eating a small amount (5)

34    Kansas government promoting new pig (4)

36    Dressed guts of venison needed, calls high-quality food shop (4)

PDF Version

Entries
To enter this competition, input your solution into the website at https://cc.vellender.com before 8th November 2025. The first correct entry drawn from the hat will receive a book from the Chambers range, which has been donated by Chambers.