WEEKEND CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Ticking? (9) 9 and 10 Overcome by strong emotion finding it difficult to stand up (4,2,3,5)

11 In a daze a lotus-eater who is a fanatic (6)

12 Drumming design? (6) 14 Proceed these days to incite (4) 15 Halls used when a formal legal process has been curtailed (5) 16 Suffering trance as a result of drink? (6)

18 Diplomat’s secured missing diamonds (7)

21 Not with me repeatedly removing keepsake (7) 24 Overbalancing part put into words (6)

26 One who is legally related (2-3) 30 Continuous discharge following leading light (4)

31 Arousing hatred despite having promises to pay after being in the red (6) 32 and 33 Rambling tale about unkempt canine (6-3,5) 34 Getting out of jail, he, biblical prophet (6)

35 Not a union member (9)

DOWN

2 You cannot do this if it had not been warm previously (6) 3 Information about knockout in former US territory (6)

4 Short attempt more complicated making one shudder (6) 5 Feature bright bunch of flowers (7) 6 Leave seed scattered round church (6)

7 Ken stole remarkable framework (8) 8 Country with space on board? (9) 11 Last character having bet on Greek island (5)

13 No habitual response coming from the ear (4)

17 Cropper? (9)

19 Slowcoach gently coming into land (8)

20 Ivy’s evergreen associate at the present time (5)

22 Wine lake (4)

23 Index I’m revising blended (5,2) 25 Hound one from an Asian country (6)

27 Record, Georgia included one in arcade (6)

28 End of snow cover for three months (6)

29 Almost fourth parrying position in fencing (6)