Across
- 3. Birthday Pay Thy Hap Bird(anagram)
- 5. important (chatter) (clue number)
- 6. situations isolated from reality
- 9. Great ball of fire goes down
- 10. they’ll steal your expensive fish
- 14. a low spreading plant with small flowers
- 15. informal unimportant talk
- 17. nest Tim’s hair is useful but I wouldn’t eat it in a soup
- 20. units of luminous intensity
- 22. and Robert your social network at #8 – hydration barrel (anag)
- 23. panda nosh
- 25. light hearted pleasure
- 26. stuff these and squash them
- 27. froth and bubble
- 29. a local drummer
- 30. A town in Berkshire, best avoided
- 32. norwegian water feature
- 33. technology of signaling and communicating
- 34. Wine it’s been around for 4000 years but never lasts long at #12
- 35. watch these - 60s slang for laydees
Down
- 1. Crane scene of the most competitive duck race this year
- 2. cricketers refuge
- 4. what time shall we meet?
- 7. a seaside village in East Devon
- 8. fish’ll take these out of your bait
- 11. sun in seven gnu(anagram)
- 12. she’s from far far away and very annoying
- 13. lights a good excuse for a trip to IKEA
- 16. Meetings any excuse for a drink - inn mein eggplants
- 17. your nose is always in one
- 18. time is short but he’s your mate
- 19. it’s GORN …. DEAD …. NO MORE
- 20. giving zorro a piece of your mind
- 21. the best medicine
- 24. pesky little bastards
- 28. tide comes up twice a day if you’re lucky
- 31. you have these in abundance