3a: Hose(8): ?t?c?i?g
21a: Make(7): p?n???e
18d: Beast(5): b????
23a: Obligation(4): ???t
The 3rd letter of 18d is the 5th letter of 21a.
The 2nd letter of 23a is the last letter of 18d...
22a: wrench(5): ????t 24a: swirling mass/billow(6): ????r? 19d: Quick(5): ????? 20d: dissent(5): ????? The second letter in 19d is the first letter in 22a. The fourth letter in 19d is the first letter...
8a: assemble (6): ?u???? 5d: corpulent (5): ???t? 6d: classify (5): ???o? 11a: slice (5): r???? I thought ratio which gave me the o in 6d The fourth letter of 8a is the second letter of 5d. The sixth...