SUPER CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Apes a poor production of a bubbly TV series (4,5)

8 Switching tack by becoming a character leading a band (7)

9 Letting in family caught in stormy gale (7) 10 Overwrite a melody in “The Planet Suite” (7)

13 IE, a grand design for the removal of water (8)

14 The last of the strong drink - that’s a blow! (4)

16 A basis for home-grown produce (6.4) 20 Building support for Bow Hospital (4) 22 Return a fairy’s tiny jumper (4)

24 Little period charm attached to whisky? (5,5)

28 It has a little bite, though it’s an oversharp taste (4)

29 One’s ambitious, being a rebellious partisan (8)

31 With which to black the eye of man backing into a car in front (7)

34 Keep turning in a story: “The Dish”. (4,3) 35 Look after the new man, Ivor (7) 36 Bedmakers (9)

DOWN

1 Dish eaten at home by the Arab (7)

2 It’s hard being a pop-star (7)

3 Running on about the city’s bright lights (5)

4 Employs charms (7)

5 Where to discover about new Latin (4) 6 Run right into a youngster (4)

7 It’s monstrous to go back over his crash (7)

11 Young flapper breaking a leg in film production (6)

12 The employer returned to America (4) 15 One may shed light on the city representative (4)

17 One picking holes in the new law (3) 18 A person has to have one at the front (4) 19 The Sixth Chelsea Flower Festival (6) 21 Overlook figure making a pass (3) 22 Burning with love for a bird (7) 23 Encourages the English to ride horses (4)

25 One makes little noise being a thief (7) 26 It’s no longer sufficient in this instance (7)

27 People making allowances for characters (7)

30 I take a French boy to be a girl (5) 32 Key part of a bicycle frame (4)

33 Eager to have a giant following (4)