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   Azed Crossword No. 1745 Solution

  Special instructions: The Chambers Dictionary (2003) is recommended.
     
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Across
4 Spray of C. Dior's redolent of morning freshness (6)
12 Shoddy full of interest? Only a bit of it (4)
13 Sort of battle-axe not brandished in court (8)
14 Weed shoot, part of plant that sheds rain (7)
15 Striking person, about 50 (4)
16 Sea fish, cured Scots haddock that's been topped and tailed? (4)
17 Dreadfully pale, having to hold pressure cooker possibly (5)
18 Ingest nuts with odd bits of rusk and cocktails (8)
20 Remove front of grate, then destroy air-trap (5)
22 Transfers in greenhouse rampant sport, restricting energy (6)
23 Sweet-smelling wood boat (6)
25 Sun a hindrance? This would protect back of neck (5)
26 Crown tenants will hold one (and get a free mobile) (8)
28 Double halo will incorporate this valediction (5)
29 Heads fof jakes after necking nasty inferior spirits (4)
31 Depression about love that's lacking in ardour (4)
32 Staff Office about to fly, without wings, in shock? (7)
33 Transmogrified Hyde's one that's possibly botched murder once (8)
34 Woman in court given fine, supported by old uncle (4)
35 Dry grass stalk to catch round edge of nylon (6)
 
Down
1 Aged walrus maybe, one that never dies? (12, 2 words)
2 Endlessly gloomy Philippine tribals (5)
3 What's spoken in Nigeria - a bit of Fulani in addition to Scots? (4)
5 Port sent the wrong way? Feast upset about that (6)
6 Raw material used in steelmaking: I see peelings reprocessed (12)
7 Make binding constant and unobstructed round a rash (12)
8 A fire lit around noon - it'll warm newly-weds' home (6)
9 Hard getting into terminal? Necessary first to identify way out (8)
10 Quote from Shakespeare includes lines to merge (7)
11 Supporter of Browning turns Red Dean off (12)
19 Orangey-brown coats as well, most likely! (8, 3 words)
21 One'll contain verbals in course of strip - everyone in favour? (7)
24 Looks in a poet to revive, according to the Bard (6)
25 Section of bistro decor? Woody, perhaps (6)
27 A Scots lament goes up - its effect is cathartic (5)
30 Caribbean fruit ma left out of a beef mince (Indian) (4)
     


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