CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 See 35

5 Liberal that is outwardly most antagonistic towards Labour ( 6)

9 See 7 Down

11 Dark red battered old box holding last Rolo ( 7)

12 Copper goes round a college to find Acacia extract ( 7)

13 Exceptional, but not at all well done ( 4)

14/ 21 Greetin’ carton of Spooner’s 10D star ( 5,3)

15 Some travel documents required for South African outback ( 4)

18 Last of the dog’s dinner - it’s swallowed hard rubber ( 7)

20 Grow old, making sense on banks of Clyde ( 7)

22 Obsolete healing mask ( 7)

25 Acting for another, axes majority of by- product at first ( 2,5)

28 Closer to Stromness, rescue boat for island ( 4)

29 See 6 Down

30 Blue curacao, yoghurt and neeps for starters? ( 4)

33 Bantam a cat attacked from behind in desert ( 7)

34 Energy cut leads to shortages, even period of darkness ( 7)

35/ 1 Unearth news source at random, following lead character in movie like 14Ac 21Dn ( 9)

36 Station starts to service trains as travellers unload suitcases ( 6)

37 Circle of a dozen houses featuring 14Ac 21Dn ( 6)

RABBLACH

Across: 1 Cartridge paper 9 Nutcracker 10 Derv 12,22 Night and day 13 Repeal 16 Tier 17 Pre- eminent 19 Occidental 20 Atto 23 Skies

26 Lily 27 Plebiscite 28 Sworn to secrecy

DOWN

2 Eco- author initially rejected unfeeling centrist repertoire ( 7)

3 Conservative confused about where Paris was with 14Ac 21Dn ( 4)

4 Dire catastrophe following purge round Barlinnie site ( 7)

5 See 31

6/ 29 Relegates at random – shall we see eye to eye? ( 3’ 1,5)

7/ 9 Favourable result with one working with 14Ac 21Dn ( 10)

8 Hero’s supremacy and identity featuring 14Ac 21Dn ( 6)

10 Boxing trainer Angelo said to have completed Howard’s End ( 6)

16 Groan heir lifted hearts – about time! ( 5)

17 Unsuccessful in record time ( 5)

19/ 23 14Ac 21Dn’s Broughty Ferry character to ban verbs, bizarrely ( 3,7)

21 See 14 Across

22 Legendary lyricist remixes Oasis’ first number ( 6)

23 See 19

24 Eccentric German’s memory stores ( 7)

25 Austrian lake resort has registration in German car ( 7)

26 Old games site developed, predominantly rented out ( 7)

27 Just in sight, essential to Tory on deregulation ( 6)

31/ 5 Much room for improvement in form? ( 4,2,5)

32 Covered, but occasionally returning to deadlock ( 4)

Down: 2 Arty 3 Torpid 4 Incoherent 5 Grew 6 Precedents 7 Revolutionises 8 Unmentionables 11 Debit 14 Peccadillo 15 Remarkable 18 Ideas 21 Censor 24 Also 25 Zinc