2094: A little down
Definitions in ten clues are a letter down; missing letters, in clue order, spell out the creator of one unclued light (three words) which defines the other seven (including one hyphened). Elsewhere, ignore one accent. Across 1 Chap started to mine free ores, developing alloy (14, hyphened) 10 From Austria, backless seat (4, two words) 12 Overact in a mad caper? (10) 13 Lingerie had fastener (4) 15 Abandoned barn’s for returning Chinese (6) 18 Use acres for waste (4) 21 Whence iron discipline? (7) 22 US general rejected Liberal President as fishy (7, hyphened) 24 Good feeling from book that is clear and touching (8, hyphened)
