Hefbeet by Yorick

Puzzle explanation

The 26 misprinted answers all began with different letters, to be replaced by (in clue order) “all the letters of the alphabet”, part of the Chambers definition of “pangram”. The initials of extra words in the other clues gave “code using misprints”, so their entries used the misprints as a substitution cipher, which also encodes PANGRAM as HEFBEET.

Clue explanations

Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal

No Extra word Answer Explanation
Across
1   SHEATHE SHE around HEAT
6   QUAIL AIL after QU
9   JAPING PIN in JAG
11   MÊLÉE ME(n) + LEE
14   VERDANT DAN in VERT
15 complications FROTH FRO(m) + TH
16   BLEAR B(lood-moon) L(unar) E(clipses) A(re) R(arely)
18   ZEROS “1” + “00” = “100”
19   CALIBRATES CALIBAN − AN + RATE + S
20   WOMEN (t)WO MEN
21 olive JUGA JUG + A
23 despairing GEO GO around E(ngland)
24 Eighty FIX F + IX
25 urgent SUCH NONESUCH − NONE
26 settlement SUETY SURETY − (A)R(buckle)
27   YESTERYEAR YES + RYE in TEAR
31   URATE URE around (b)AT(h)
32   EATER REATE with R moved to the right side
34 interrupted MAYBE MAY + BEATRICE − (A + TRICE)
35   LEERIES LEER + LADIES − LAD
36 news CAECA CAE + CA
37   HASSAR HAS + SAR
38 goes EXTOL EX + TO + L
39   NAPHTHA NAP + HT + HA
Down
2 Matthews PORT 2 meanings
3   KNAR RANK <
4   IGNOBLE (b)IG NOB LE(ased)
5   ATTAR AT + TAR(tar)
6 Incline JUSTS JUST + S(lightly)
7   FEARE FERE around A
8   TWOSEATERS (STORE WASTE) *
10   DREAMT (TREADMILL − ILL) *
12 Stewards TRAMCARS (RAC(e) in SMART) <
13 paisley ATHLETE LET in (A + THE)
14   PENTAMETER PEN + TAME + TERMITES − MITES
17   OLEASTER (TEA ROSE) * around (e)L(m)
19 regular CHIMERA CHIMER + A
22 intercourse CHETAHS HATCHES *
23   GRATIS (ART * + IS) after G
28   RATEL ATE in RL
29   XERES EX < + RES
30 Nordic UHLAN LA in HUN *
32 troubles ECOD ECO + D
33 strong CUSP CU + SPACE − ACE
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