LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

ACROSS: 9 Step by step 11 Quibbler 12 Bayeux 13 Obstacle race 14 Utah 15 Defaced 16 Climax 17 Underworld 18 Rankness 19 Hesitate 21 Adriatic 24 Anaphora 26 Observance 29 Esprit 30 Exudate 31 Edna 32 Professorate 34 Petard 35 Indirect 36 Exasperate

DOWN: 1 Straiten 2 Speechless 3 Lynx 4 Stood for 5 Squandered 6 Jill 7 Abortion 8 Neoclassic 10 Postcode 15 Do without 16 Concierge 19 Handspring 20 Trade route 22 Trajectory 23 Modulate 25 Paraffin 27 Space-bar 28 Concrete 33 Suez 34 Pupa