Cryptic crossword

Across

4 It's the men aboard ship that hold things together (6)

7 Little Lil, all broken up

in a crash (8) 8 Consents to take time about finishing a procedure (6)

10 Many a bout is shrouded in uncertainty (5) 13 Active agent hiding a

ringleader (4) 14 Brewery vessel? (4) 15 Both articles are

female (4)

16 Being quiet at home

has its point (3)

17 Port area (4)

19 Might its point trouble

you? (4)

21 A signal indeed easily

picked up (4,5)

23 You need a cool head on a rough sea, for instance (4)

24 It grows, we hear, in

midstream (4)

26 How some like it,

musically (3)

27 Try to meet someone

for a cocktail (4) 29 On unfamiliar

ground? (4)

32 Highly skilled in

astronomy, possibly (4) 33 Love the way Dora gets to the heart of men (5)

34 Lax in sorting out

misers (6)

35 The ends of the earth,

eh? (8)

36 Bet a thousand

instead, possibly (6)

Down

1 By the way, Sid's in Accident and Emergency (5)

2 Figure a complaint to

be unspecific (5)

3 Dull place to live? (4) 4 Style to copy on the

quiet? (5)

5 He's nominally in error,

you know (4) 6 Creature we're down

on, being no good (6) 9 A place in the country

is a good choice (6) 11 The love we have to

give (3) 12 Sabre dance on

Scottish hills (5)

13 Lets her free to seek

refuge (7)

15 Shot a duck out of the

blue (3)

16 Tip-up seat

location? (3)

18 See lies as heraldic

devices! (6)

20 More advanced as a

teacher (5)

21 Private vessel? (3)

22 In a quirky sort of way,

be a bore! (3) 23 Hidden, yet quite

obvious to Charlie (6) 25 Notedly warm hearted

listener (3)

28 Gently manoeuvred into being less tough (5)

30 Creatures going to

earth, perhaps (5) 31 Verily, a saint when there's something brewing! (5)

32 One of those courtroom smoothies (4)

33 River rising in

Siberia (4)