Stomach by MynoT

Puzzle explanation

The letters in clashing cells combined to form SUN and the names of the eight planets, in order, on the SW-NE diagonal. The message from extra letters in wordplay was “symbolise clashes”, so symbols (in current scientific use) for the sun and planets were used in the clashing cells. Planet abbreviations from the International Astronomical Union (Me, V, E, Ma, J, S, U, N) were also accepted. The title refers to the location of the solar plexus, which might be a cryptic description of the arrangement of planets around the sun.

Clue explanations

Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal

Answer Explanation [extra letter]
ACT AS A in ACTS
ADROITER (A + D + TER) around ROI
AMICE A + MICE
ANT (cy)AN[O]T(ic)
APPARELS APPALS around RE
AVENA VEN in AA
BREW B[Y]RE + W
CATNEP CA[S]T + PEN <
CHAPEAU CHAPE + AU
COMMERCE COMMENCE with R for N
DEPOT TOPED <
ELT SPELT − SP
EOS E O + S
EPIC [S]PICE *
ERRAND ERR + AND
ESSAYETTES SAY in (E + SET + TES)
ETH [S]ETH
EURYALE EUR + YALE
FORERUNNERS FORE + RUNNERS
GELATI GELATION − ON
GLEN GLENN − N
GOATHERDS (THE + RD + S) after GOA
HARD-SET HARDS + ET
HORS HO[A]RS(e)
ITA IT + A
IWI (Maor)I WI(ll)
JUPATIS (PIA JUST) *
LAY LA[I]TY − T
LET LE[S]T
LIBRAN LI[E] + BRAN
MARCESCIBLE MARC + FERMENTESCIBLE − FERMENT
MUSE homophone of MEWS
NEURALGIA ([C]RUEL AGAIN) *
NOUGATINE (GOAT IN [M]ENU) *
PANEGYRICS GREY * in PANICS
PANNIER ANNIE in PR
PINSTRIPED PINED around STRIP
POILU OIL in PU[B]
RAIL-BORNE (OR IN BALER) *
REGIUS R + EG + IS around U
RELOADS ORDEALS *
RET (cove)R[L]ET
RYES RYE’S
SAND SAN[E] + D
SASSY SASSABY − AB
SCOP SCOP(e)
SEA PARROT SET around (A + PARR + O(cean))
SEI SEINE − NE
SLITS SPLITS − P
STRICTNESS SS around CENTRIST *
SUERS SUDDERS − DD
TALC (le)T[H]AL C(yanide)
TERMS homophone of TURMS
TÊTES-À-TÊTES (STATE SETTEE) *
THETE THETA with last letter changed
TRANSFUSERS US in TRANSFERS
TUNEFUL UN in FLUTE *
URACIL U + RAC + I’ + L
YALE YE around AL[L]
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