CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

4 The great alleged burner of bakery (6) 7 In a northerly sense, we in Britain get its drift (8) 8 Batsman of the canny type? (6) 10 Arrogant boy out to mess – but not with me! (5) 13 Gang needing a bit of lucre before starting work (4) 14 Come through and have a look at the piano (4) 15 Beaten hollow (4) 16 Being French, I go to central Austria by plane (3) 17 Allow access to a circular enclosure (4) 19 What the crowd would do at the Den? (4) 21 Person of rank very depressed before blastoff (9) 23 It’s powerless, even to sink! (4) 24 Sausage container? (4) 26 In opposition! (3) 27 You won’t find this concealed in violent hatred! (4) 29 The real thing from Bertolt Brecht (4) 32 Some fire alarms are not false! (4) 33 Scatter, thus ending the war in the west, possibly (5) 34 Can they provide shoemakers with supper? (6) 35 Frightened to rearrange the room in a new suit (8) 36 Avian predator with an outsize victim? (6)

DOWN

1 Their silence made cinematic entertainment (5) 2 Well nigh a cul-de-sac? (5) 3 The one uncommonly concluded? (4) 4 A cereal obtained from a tree? (5) 5 Rushed by air (4) 6 Where there’s no longer a gnarled tree (6) 9 Possibly it can run out of bombs (6) 11 The contractor’s finished! (3) 12 Pretence of putting money on at the starting price (5) 13 At the heart of the tube system (7) 15 Half hidden in a private place (3) 16 Girl of the month? (3) 18 Club race in pure chaos! (6) 20 Flier allowed to have a cry? (5) 21 Tom, with whiskers (3) 22 Perform the tango with a girl (3) 23 It’s odd for a Manx cat to make much noise (6) 25 The washerwoman? Not her! (3) 28 Too quick to put hay out of the way (5) 30 One bent on blagging? (5) 31 Do a turn as “Oliver” (5) 32 Bring up at the back (4) 33 You can see one on a billiard ball (4)