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