Solvers may like to identify and shade in
two depictions of 26 across in the grid, to celebrate the
milestone reached by this puzzle.
ACROSS 1 Bob is back in a position to give help (10) 11
Set trap for one involved in racket (4) 12 Concerned with land
management, German company managed to include valley (8) 14
Student’s beginning to appear weary, securing university degree
having worked hard (8) 15 Note, house wants a yard badly
(6) 16 Rank given to English poet laureate in the past
(4) 17 Read out part of list (4) 19 Old robber is in state
again? (6) 20 Taking everything into account, somewhat
pusillanimous on reflection (5, two words) 22 Fallow pasture
(3) 25 Side petal seen regularly in dahlias (3) 26 Unclued
(5) 27 Son abandons spurious solemnity when convenient
(6) 28 I look half-heartedly over headgear (4) 30 Everyone
walked in Algerian city? (4) 32 Component of plant cells for
limitless straightening up? (6) 34 Sign underground worker’s
been repairing hole in factory (8) 35 A British general lacking
resistance, notably (8, two words) 36 Song first heard on the
radio (4) 37 Forced away gentle bird (10, two
words)
DOWN 2 Twenty-one gun salute perhaps is a way of saving
appearances (5) 3 Like I’m getting involved in rail strike,
first of all, that’s crazy! (7) 4 It will keep time in
unfavourable environment (4) 5 American shrub entirely covered
with salt (6) 6 Wild boar leads soldiers to a line of trees
(8) 7 Name given to a very large temple (4) 8 Like a leg
spinner finally brought in to remedy Essex opener departing with a
half century (6) 9 At sea, we mates rely on it to save us from
drowning (7, two words) 10 Not being dishonest enough is
essential? (10) 13 Keep on ignoring first of signs of disease
of area round the mouth (10) 18 Foolish person
scratching head followed a course to absorb one ancient language
(8
) 21 Capital
I invested in Iran somehow maintains old boy (7) 23 You needed
a hundred to be up to the mark (7) 24 Avenge mischievous spirit
(6) 26 Be disappointed with the French silk (6) 29 A bit
of graphic sex finally imported by confused type heading for Liverpool
(5) 31 Champ has to appear in Saskatchewan (4) 33
Lie about rearing Australian lizard (4)
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