Cryptic crossword
Across
4 Have they family significance for a child at the riverside? (6) 7 As worn by an admirer close to Capulet's heart? (8)
8 Is territory of insular
nature (6)
10 Shouts about the rats running out of the Nag's Head (5)
13 A sound white
bucket (4)
14 A girl has a metal
one (4)
15 Variety of oil for a
lamp? (4)
16 Be not alone in
Bucharest! (3)
17 He appears in an
instant (4)
19 Villain fancied to have a consuming interest in humanity (4) 21 Begins drowning rats
in beer! (6,3) 23 Venison, potentially,
sounds expensive (4) 24 In residence, he's out
of order (4)
26 Figure to achieve a net
return (3) 27 Three out of
thirteen (4) 29 Disappointing cash advance out of a financial centre (4)
32 A couple of ducks (4) 33 Speak for the
nation (5) 34 Youngsters writing
about wrought iron (6) 35 Sign of a high-flying team shuffling into church (4,4)
36 Lively letter to '28
Down' (6)
Down
1 In the tropics, I see such fun larking around! (5)
2 Think of a Miller, and
you may get Close (5) 3 Arguably a fifty-fifty
chance (4)
4 Legal proceedings due to the rail crash at the end of August (5) 5 William may spill the
beans (4)
6 The waste of earthy
richness (6) 9 Being windy, Simon fails to finish an order (6)
11 Style of haircut! (3) 12 Try to make the
'West' End 'East', possibly! (5) 13 Animal, possibly part
hen (7)
15 The figure that's right
for dad (3)
16 Fine piece of
earthenware? (3) 18 Jack, we repeat, is a
fierce fellow (6) 20 He's a stayer, as one
may have guessed (5) 21 Money changed in
Indonesia (3)
22 So, at the very end, we get some sort of sauce (3)
23 One who refuses to
state his weight? (6) 25 Not on? Not in! (3) 28 Dangerous fathead
from '36 Across' (5) 30 Little men in South
Africa (5)
31 Sharp character (5) 32 Not exactly lots of
money? (4)
33 She married Noah's
eldest son (4)