After completing the grid, 21 letters in 3 symmetrically placed across answers can be made to form a partial cryptic clue, associated with a group at 18 down and its answer (8). I think I know the...
1d: 16's response to theatre administration? (16a is Stephen Sondheim): *n*s*h*s*a. I can only think of "anesthesia", which is the US version of "anaesthesia". Is this right? If so, why? If not, what...
14a Leaves limits, l-l-l-leaving husband (4,5) T?E? / L???S 8d Fourth letter leaving Maidenhead for Jerusalem? (4) sion? zion? 22a Old female from West Side Story beginning to sing in revue (7)...