Cryptic crossword

Across

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

Little Lil, all broken up in a crash (8) Consents to take time about finishing a procedure (6) Many a bout is shrouded in uncertainty (5) Active agent hiding a ringleader (4) Brewery vessel? (4) Both articles are female (4)

Being quiet at home has its point (3) Port area (4) Might its point trouble you? (4)

A signal indeed easily picked up (4,5)

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

It grows, we hear, in midstream (4) How some like it, musically (3)

Try to meet someone for a cocktail (4) 29 32 33 34 35 36 1 2

3 4

5 6 9 11

On unfamiliar ground? (4) Highly skilled in astronomy, possibly (4) Love the way Dora gets to the heart of men (5)

Lax in sorting out misers (6)

The ends of the earth, eh? (8)

Bet a thousand instead, possibly (6)

Down

By the way, Sid's in Accident and Emergency (5) Figure a complaint to be unspecific (5) Dull place to live? (4) Style to copy on the quiet? (5)

He's nominally in error, you know (4) Creature we're down on, being no good (6) A place in the country is a good choice (6) The love we have to give (3) 12 13 15 16 18 20

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Sabre dance on Scottish hills (5) Lets her free to seek refuge (7)

Shot a duck out of the blue (3)

Tip-up seat location? (3)

See lies as heraldic devices! (6)

More advanced as a teacher (5) Private vessel? (3)

In a quirky sort of way, be a bore! (3) Hidden, yet quite obvious to Charlie (6) Notedly warm hearted listener (3) Gently manoeuvred into being less tough (5) Creatures going to earth, perhaps (5) Verily, a saint when there's something brewing! (5)

One of those courtroom smoothies (4) River rising in Siberia (4)