Mephisto 2962 – by Don Manley

Across
2 Invader beginning with cunning movement that brings protest (11, two words)
HUNGER,MARCH; HUN-GERM-ARCH; Jarrow for example
11 Chief scoundrel we found in Glasgow (5)
RATOO; RAT-OO; “we” in West Lothian = OO
12 Part of plant offering unusual camouflage, fine silver being invisible (7)
CAULOME; (camouflage – f – ag)*;
14 River with a road round that has bench in recess (6)
EXEDRA; EXE-(A-RD reversed);
16 Old cat is what to expect by valley (7)
PARDALE; PAR-DALE
17 One border in which copper is seen to be tetchy (7)
IRACUND; I-RA(CU)ND; border=RAND;
18 Looking back, some children accepted cruel teacher? (5)
CANER; hidden reversed (child)REN-AC(cepted);
19 God about to become irritated (4)
SORE; EROS reversed;
21 No longer endure a run on the field (4)
ABYE; A-BYE; cricket reference BYE=a run;
23 Retrospective month for acting establishment (4)
RADA; ADAR reversed;
25 Weak and knowing defeat (4)
WHIP; W-HIP; weak=W in particle physics;
26 Grandparent’s member of a “lower” class? Lower no more (5)
AVALE; AVAL-E; of grandparents=AVAL; lowest social-economic class=E; old word for “lower”;
28 Break the law again, offering cry to hounds (7)
RECHEAT; RE-CHEAT;
29 Style of court action that could bring penalty (7)
NETPLAY; (penalty)*; tennis term
32 Mother faces row for being more friendly (6)
MATIER; MA-TIER;
33 Fuel provided by a firm given external mark of approval (7)
SEACOAL; SE(A-CO)AL;
34 Life form assistant knocked over (5)
REDIA; AIDER reversed;
35 What makes creation get out of control, creating monsters? (11)
TERATOGENIC; (creation get)*; nice clue;

Down
1 Fusspot cries out, interrupting someone at the keyboard (12)
PRECISIANIST; PIANIST surrounds (cries)*;
3   Arrangement (as it is mostly!) for trucks (4)
UTES; SETU(p) reversed;
4   Slight bow with formality indicates lack of success (6, two words)
NO,DICE; NOD-ICE;
5 Wheel embedded in soil — what it can’t do? (7, two words)
GO,ROUND; G(O)ROUND;
6   Fast female with name for pursuing lusty man (7)
RAMADAN; RAM-ADA-N;
7   Governor losing heart in desolate Scottish area (4)
MUIR; MU(d)IR; a moor for Clan Murray;
8 Daughter keeps calm? The opposite, morning and afternoon (6)
ALLDAY; ALL(D)AY; daughter=D;
9 Tree turning yellow and pale (5)
ROWAN; OR reversed-WAN;
10 Peter suffering with another bug (12)
HETEROPTERAN; (peter another)*;
13 Very much at home when entertaining a fellow from Ireland (8)
MILESIAN; MILES-I(A)N; very much=MILES;
15 French poet-composer arranging overture (8)
TROUVERE; (overture)*;
20 Buffalo Bill stands on head clutching horse — nothing to it! (7)
CARABAO; AC =bill reversed surrounds ARAB – O; a buffalo not Mr Cody; nice clue;
22 Taxi reversing! Anxiety in old-fashioned warning to get back (7)
BACCARE; CAB reversed – CARE; old way of saying “mind your backs”;
24 Animal with something wing-like gathers speed shortly (6)
ALPACA; AL(PAC(e))A; wing-like=ALA;
25 Turn pale, being struck in congested metropolis (6)
WHITEN; W(HIT)EN; congested metropolis=WEN;
27 Oil — a sailor brings tons aboard (5)
ATTAR; A-T(T)AR;
30 Gents maybe getting tense — prize in sight (4)
LOOT; LOO-T;
31 Female attire / seen in the south of France (4)
MIDI; two meanings;