Across:
1. Bad day for Julius when mice dash for nuts! (4 2 5)
9. Space for one artist to embrace sweetheart (4)
10. Bad lot of paper lent to criminal (6 5)
11. Old people’s suet mix... (4)
14. ...Old British king has one good characteristic (5)
17. In time good man gets suit in London (7)
19. Music producer takes extreme characters’ material (7)
21. You and I can go to a radical leader’s virtual presentation (7)
22. Chief magistrate takes in one abandoned youngster (5)
23. I see cockney woman is heard being more frigid (5)
24. Noted bomb was caught in new net (7)
27. Fresh lustred pastry (7)
28. Saves and secures unruly characters (7)
29. Now sit around entrances (5)
31. Short dog is by junction (4)
34. Got together again and poured out damsel’s beer (11)
35. Every dairy at Middelburg initially produced cheese (4)
36. Foolishly Grant hopes unknown character is taking quick notes (11)
Down:
2. Party withholding hospital vessel (4)
3. Takes computers, etc, in seconds! (4)
4. Swindle some thief in a gleeful manner (7)
5. A mate is upset by hate Lawrence sent out (5)
6. Race lad around crater (7)
7. Puffed up and sent out ripe bananas (11)
8. Wrongful detention of char taking break by river (5 6)
12. Work out which seeds failed initially! Muppet! (7 4)
13. Redhead has money for biscuit (11)
15. One Lada oddly follows taxi coming back to start again (7)
16. Underhand about new change (7)
18. Time to go with Penny to get fabric (5)
20. Horrible people get hold of Rex’s American dish (5)
25. Most common guys set out holding top grade (7)
26. Savings in, e.g., gents’ pants (4 3)
30. One takes two seconds and gets measure of dramatist... (5)
32. ...Rescue service takes two seconds to get to group (4)
33. Arrive in front of semi with girl (4)
Solution:
IDESOFMARCH=P=F
=H=I=I=L=A=AREA
ROTTENAPPLE=E=L
=W=S=A=H=D=UTES
S=G==GRACE==E=E
WHISTLE=ORGANZA
E=N=WEBINAR=T=R
DOGIE=U=V=ICIER
I=E=EMINENT=O=E
STRUDEL=RESCUES
H=B==ADITS==S=T
CURT=N=B=T=A=B=
H=E=REASSEMBLED
EDAM=S=E=G=B=T=
F=D=STENOGRAPHY
Name: Puzzle 452
Author: by Steve Townsend

Annos-Across:
1. IDES OF MARCH (anag MICE DASH FOR)(anagrind = nuts)
9. A (= one) R [(sw)E(et)] A (= artist)
10. ROTTEN APPLE (anag PAPER LENT TO)(anagrind = criminal)
11. UTES (anag SUET)(anagrind = mix)
14. GR (= Old British king) ACE (= one)
17. WHI [ST (= good man)] LE (= time)
19. ORGAN (= Music producer) ZA (= extreme characters)
21. WE (= You and I) BIN (= can) A R(adical)
22. DOG [I (= one)] E (= Chief magistrate)
23. ICIER [homophone = I see 'er(= cockney woman)]
24. E [MINE (= bomb)] NT (anag NET)(anagrind = new)
27. STRUDEL (anag LUSTRED)(anagrind = Fresh)
28. RESCUES (anag SECURES)(anagrind = unruly characters)
29. AD (= Now) ITS (anag SIT)(anagrind = around)
31. CUR (= dog) T (= junction)
34. REASSEMBLED (anag DAMSEL'S BEER)(anagrind = poured out)
35. E(very) D(airy) A(t) M(iddelburg)
36. STENOGRAPH (anag GRANT HOPES) Y (= unknown character)
Annos-Down:
2. D (H) O (= Party) W
3. S [IT (= computers, etc)] S
4. (telescopic)
5. ALP [anag PAL (= mate)](anagrind = is upset) HA(-TE)
6. CALDERA (anag RACE LAD)(anagrind = around)
7. PRETENTIOUS (anag SENT OUT RIPE)(anagrind = bananas)
8. FAL (= river) SEAR (= char) REST (= break)
12. SWEDISH CHE (anag WHICH SEEDS)(anagrind = Work out) F(ailed)
13. GINGER (= Redhead) BREAD (= money)
15. REBU (= UBER reversed) I (= one) L(a)D(a)
16. CO (N) VERT (= Underhand)
18. T WEE (= go) D (= Penny)
20. G (R) ITS (= Horrible people)
25. ME A (= top grade) N (= guys) EST (anag SET)(anagrind = out)
26. NEST EGG (anag E G GENT'S)(anagrind = pants)
30. I (= One) BS (= two seconds) EN (= measure)
32. A [BB (= two seconds)] A (= Rescue service)
33. BE (= Arrive) (wi)TH
Defs-Across:
1. Bad day for Julius
9. Space
10. Bad lot
11. Old people
14. good characteristic
17. suit in London
19. material
21. virtual presentation
22. abandoned youngster
23. more frigid
24. Noted
27. pastry
28. Saves
29. entrances
31. Short
34. Got together again
35. cheese
36. taking quick notes
Defs-Down:
2. vessel
3. Takes
4. Swindle
5. A
6. crater
7. Puffed up
8. Wrongful detention
12. Muppet
13. biscuit
15. start again
16. change
18. fabric
20. American dish
25. Most common
26. Savings
30. dramatist
32. group
33. girl