Nothing too dificult here with the first two across clues quite easy – which gives the solver a real kickstart.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | CRAVAT – C(RAV)AT; teacher=RAV; as worn by upper class cads like Edward V111; |
| 6 | BREEKS – B-REEKS; trousers in Troon; |
| 11 | REBECCAITE – REBEC-C(A)ITE; old instrument=REBEC; cross-dressing tax rioter with daffodil presumably; |
| 12 | ARAROBA – A(RA)ROBA; carriage=AROBA; also known as Goa powder; |
| 13 | SPARRE – SPARRE(d); old word for spar; |
| 14 | LEGER – two meanings; |
| 15 | DRICE – D-RICE; grass=RICE (one of many); contraction of dry ice (frozen carbon dioxide); |
| 18 | ORATE – O(RAT)E; o(n)e empty = OE; |
| 20 | TANREC – TAN-REC; a hedgehog from Madagascar; |
| 21 | BANANA – BAN-ANA; |
| 23 | DEBAR – (bread)*; |
| 26 | REIKI – hidden (pleasu)RE-I-KI(ss); massage in Mio City; |
| 28 | LAVAL – AVAL reversed – L; the largest suburb of Montreal; |
| 29 | SCHLEP – SCH-L-EP; (old) record=EP; Yiddish for a dawk; |
| 31 | ITERANT – (r)ITE-RANT; |
| 32 | DISCLOSURE – DISC-LO-SURE; |
| 33 | ERGATE – (wat)ERGATE; reference Wat Tyler; a worker ant; |
| 34 | PROSER – PROS(p)ER; |
| Down | |
| 1 | CRISTOBALITE – (trace it boils)*; a polymorph of silica; |
| 2 | REAPER – REAP(p)E(a)R; |
| 3 | ABRADANT – A-BRAD-AN-(rus)T; |
| 4 | VEER – V-EER; |
| 5 | ACARI – I-RACA all reversed; worthless=RACA; |
| 6 | BARBETTE – point=BARB; gun mounting used on warships; |
| 7 | RIALS – RI(v)ALS; |
| 8 | ETRENNE – ET-RENNE(t); a New Year’s gift (piece of coal?); |
| 9 | KEBELE – KEB(E)LE; John Keble 1792-1866; a neighbourhood in Ethiopia; |
| 10 | SHARECROPPER – SHOPPER contains (carer)*; |
| 16 | CLARENCE – CLARE-N(i)CE; a carriage better known as a growler and a cross-eyed lion in Daktari; |
| 17 | ORBILIUS – OR-BILI(o)US; the original Wackford Squeers according to Horace; good clue; |
| 19 | TALARIA – T-ALA-AIR reversed; classical wings=ALA; Hermes wings; |
| 22 | ACATER – (cream tea minus me)*; Mistress Quickly no doubt; |
| 24 | A,TERRE – AT(ERR)E; on terra firma in Toulouse; |
| 25 | PLAST – (schle)P-LAST; old word for place; |
| 27 | ICHOR – ICH-OR; Devonian I=ch=ICH;ethereal fluid that is the Greek gods’ blood; |
| 30 | HUSO – HU(ge)-SO; the great sturgeon; |
There was an obscure sturgeon in Azed too. Funny that.