Thanks NAC and calibax.
I apologize to those who are trying to help and do not know what the puzzle is all about.
I had seen an earlier set of questions so I assumed helpers are familiar with the theme.
Some clues have just word play.
22d is unclued.
Sometimes the preamble is hard to describe in a sentence or two.
To Captain2 and fiction factory, the puzzle is:
https://uploads.guim.co.uk/2018/08/01/Genius182.pdf
It would help to know the first letter of 22d, unclued.