SOLUTION TO PUZZLE No. 8576:

ACROSS: 1 Decimated; 8 Retouch; 9 Rambler; 10 Wrested; 13 Drowning; 14 West; 16 Difference; 20 Tear; 22 Fair; 24 Goods-train; 28 Rene; 29 Rasputin; 31 Peanuts; 34 Twaddle; 35 Embrace; 36 Misshapen.

DOWN: 1 Derided; 2 Come off; 3 Melon; 4 Terence; 5 Draw; 6 Pots; 7 Shadier; 11 Rowers; 12 Tote; 15 Star; 17 Ida; 18 Fare; 19 Regent; 21 Ali; 22 Flopped; 23 Irma; 25 Dearths; 26 Acted up; 27 Nankeen; 30 Peach; 32 Norm; 33 Stem.