CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

4 His rag may be too vulgar for you (6) 7 Battle rejoined later in court (8) 8 Elastic band (6) 10 Mist may be good in the garden (5) 13 Not everybody in the Somerset side (4) 14 A half turn repeated, often seen in ballet (4) 15 Good beer, it would appear, gives you wind (4) 16 It’s a fair way from the green (3) 17 The object of chopping a log (4) 19 Given a rest? (4) 21 Multi-talented, but showing less than everlasting variety (9) 23 Shakespeare’s Romeo in an unsuitable setting (4) 24 The place to do business (4) 26 He’s big in Westminster, very big in Scotland (3) 27 Poetical land of suffering (4) 29 Where cricket is played with much exceptional valour (4) 32 Punishment one really feels (4) 33 Strike or pinch (5) 34 They’re dominant in Douai, but rarer in Rhyl (6) 35 Movie giant you wouldn’t want to ape (4,4) 36 Could you make such a meal of cabbage? (6)

DOWN

1 Cheat foolish twits (5) 2 Begin making tarts (5) 3 Pray aloud for the victim (4) 4 Writer who needed two shots at one letter (5) 5 Gunners and engineers are hard to find (4) 6 Cooked concoction of weeds containing a little tea (6) 9 With some viands, she can make an imaginative meal (6) 11 Place in Rajputana (3) 12 To change gear going round a bend, can be boring (5) 13 Sultan upset, alas, by excessive noise (7) 15 Too much talk of stepping ashore (3) 16 Knotted, it possibly has a loose end (3) 18 A trying time or transaction (6) 20 Let everybody get a bit worked up! (5) 21 What Virginia North uses for transport (3) 22 A number participating in christenings (3) 23 Be at the front earlier (6) 25 Can you play it with your eyes shut? (3) 28 Taking the right one to heaven is by no means a certainty! (5) 30 For shielding the eyes, the management has a super one (5) 31 Having long standing supporters (5) 32 The prickly kind may also be edible (4) 33 Does it mean that every crime has its own gravity? (4)