Across:
1. Black elderly donkey carries supporters forward (4 2 5)
9. Artist gets to like returning to river (4)
10. Mother fleeing over there with writer (5 6)
11. One gets news before starting engagement with queen (4)
14. Going round university cut short by illness (5)
17. Set price for fellow’s recent acquisition of iron (4 3)
19. Without Victor, Agravain is upset and falls (7)
21. Fellow leaves event with blessing (7)
22. Chip takes Elizabeth to high school dance (5)
23. Information on blood groups found in city (5)
24. Records applications (7)
27. Confused as lie is found in European region (7)
28. Unkempt lot rise in town (7)
29. Force girl to become tumbler (5)
31. Neapolitan leader comes in to compete with grape producer (4)
34. Bob and I hate fancy new type of doorstop (6 5)
35. Starts to look enquiringly at foolscap page (4)
36. Give in to strange mad sex appeal of French legends, we hear (5 6)
Down:
2. Fine to partly cook a yak (4)
3. Couples uranium into operating system (4)
4. Doctor races an Arab (7)
5. Drummer is in two bands (5)
6. Sign given by religious circle after head of Scripture’s expression of wonder (7)
7. They look after new trams with Annie and I (11)
8. Anger about start of religious story being completely ruined! (11)
12. Rotten measures I have left you initially in a bad way (11)
13. Anita Miller strays from mother’s side (11)
15. Clear it out for performance (7)
16. Joins college freshers in extra studies initially (7)
18. Rages at fellows carrying bird back (5)
20. Anxiety when gnats fly about (5)
25. Pull drink back from skinflint! (7)
26. Tried, for example, distributing seed outside (7)
30. Return map first before I find countryman (5)
32. I leave head honcho for Kitchener (4)
33. City found in two US states (4)
Solution:
BOLDASBRASS=M=I
=K=U=A=I=C=SAAR
DAMONRUNYON=I=R
=Y=S=A=G=R=ANNE
O=M==CROUP==T=P
FLATFEE=NIAGARA
F=T=UNCTION=I=R
EPROM=I=F=GENOA
N=I=ENTRIES=E=B
SILESIA=ESTORIL
I=I==GLASS==S=E
VINE=G=Z=A=C=R=
E=E=SAFETYCHAIN
LEAF=R=R=E=E=G=
Y=L=ADMITDEFEAT
Name: Puzzle 463
Author: by Steve Townsend

Annos-Across:
1. B(lack) OLD (= elderly) AS [BRAS (= supporters)] S (= donkey)
9. SAAR {[RA (= Artist) AS (= like)] reversed}
10. DAM ON RUN (= Mother fleeing) YON (= over there)
11. A (= One) N(ew) N(ew) E(ngagement)
14. CRO [U(niversity)] P (= cut short)
17. F(ellow) LAT [FE (= iron)] E (= recent)
19. NIAGARA (anag Agravain -v)(anagrind = is upset)
21. [-F(ellow)]UNCTION (= event)
22. E(lizabeth) PROM (= high school dance)
23. GEN (= Information) OA (= blood groups)
24. Double Def
27. SILESIA (anag as lie is)(anagrind = Confused)
28. ESTORIL (anag lot rise)(anagrind = unkempt)
29. G (= gravity) LASS (= girl)
31. VI [N(eapolitan)] E (= compete)
34. S (= shilling = Bob) AFETY CHAIN (anag I hate fancy)(anagrind = new)
35. L(ook) E(nquiringly) A(t) F(oolscap)
36. ADM (anag mad)(anagrind = strange) IT (= sex appeal) DE (= of French) FEAT [(= homophone FEET (= leg ends)
Annos-Down:
2. OKAY hidden in wordplay
3. D {U(ranium)] OS (= operating system)
4. SARACEN (anag races an)(anagrind = Doctor)
5. RING O (= two bands)
6. S(cripture) COR (= expression of wonder) PI (= religious) O (= circle)
7. MAINTAINERS (anag trams Annie I)(anagrind = new)
8. IR [R(eligious) E (= anger) PARABLE (= story)
12. OFF (= Rotten) ENS (= measures) IVE (= I have) L(eft) Y(ou)
13. MATRILINEAL (anag Anita Miller)(anagrind = strays)
15. RECITAL (anag Clear it)(anagrind = out)
16. UNI (= college) F(reshers) I(n) E(xtra) S(tudies)
18. F [UME (= EMU reversed)] S (= fellows)
20. ANGST (anag gnats)(anagrind = fly about)
25. NIGGARD {[DRAG (= Pull) GIN (= drink)] reversed}
26. ES [SAY (= for example)] ED (anag seed)(anagrind = distributing)
30. AZ (= map) ER (= RE reversed) I
32. CH (-I) EF (= head honcho)
33. RI (= Rhode Island) GA (= Georgia)
Defs-Across:
1. forward
9. river
10. writer
11. queen
14. illness
17. Set price
19. falls
21. blessing
22. Chip
23. city
24. Records
24. applications
27. European region
28. town
29. tumbler
31. grape producer
34. type of doorstop
35. page
36. Give in
Defs-Down:
2. Fine
3. Couples
4. Arab
5. Drummer
6. Sign
7. They look after
8. completely ruined
12. in a bad way
15. performance
16. Joins
18. Rages
20. Anxiety
25. skinflint
26. Tried
30. countryman
32. Kitchener
33. City