Across:
1 Do a bunk (RUN) from teachers (Irish National Teachers’ Organisation = INTO) and most of 22 across (most of “dangers” = DANGER) (RUN INTO DANGER) or risk life and limb? (RUN INTO DANGER),
10 Exploit (UTILISE) routine at the centre (‘routine’ at the centre = UTI-) with silly (= anagram indicator) lies (lies = -LISE) (UTILISE),
11 Cloak (MANTEAU) fellow (MAN-) going for short drink (short ‘tea’ = -TE-) with precious type (gold = -AU) (MANTEAU),
12 Jealous husband dramatically (Moor / Othello) retires (= reversal indicator) (Moor = ROOM) to study (ROOM),
13 Some address a longing (some ‘address a longing’ = SALON) for a vamp fringe, for one (SALON),
15 Insider to stream a YouTube (insider to ‘stream a YouTube’ = MAYO) spread from the deli (MAYO),
17 Get Dart (RUN) from all quarters today (RUN on sides of today’s grid),
19 Putting a face to celebrity (NAMING) G-Man in (G-Man in = NAMING) novel (= anagram indicator),
21 Second course (second course = O-) with trimmed (c) piece of meat (‘cutlet’ without ‘c = -UTLET) (OUTLET) from market (OUTLET),
22 Hazards (DANGERS) in muddy (= anagram indicator) gardens (gardens = DANGERS),
23 The Muses (The Muses = the nine SISTERS) similar to those in 6 down (similar to “nuns” = SISTERS),
25 Contradict (BELIE-) key (music key -F) (BELIEF) judgement (BELIEF),
27 Genealogist cuts toenails (‘Genealogist’ cuts ‘toenails’ = geg = EGG) in 15 across, for example (EGG is in “mayo”),
29 Old (O-) section (-BIT) (OBIT) in the paper relates to the time of one’s life of late (OBIT),
30 Dead ringer (funeral bell = KNELL) for king (K-) with pretty, witty mistress (“pretty, witty” Nell Gwyn, mistress of Charles II = -NELL) (KNELL),
31 Content in newspapers potentially (content in ‘newspapers potentially’ = SPOT) to splash (SPOT),
34 Local fool (NIT-) in front of (= positional indicator) judge (-RATE) (NITRATE) produced fertiliser (NITRATE),
35 One of the swimmers (TUN-A) around island (-I-) is (is = -SI-) sent back (= reversal indicator) (TUNISIA) to North African country (TUNISIA),
36 Do the marathon to raise funds for homeless (RUN FOR SHELTER) – is that good advice in bad weather? (RUN FOR SHELTER).
Down:
2 Jockey’s silks, for example (UNIFORM), in stable (stable/even = UNIFORM),
3 Part of reservoir isolated (part of ‘reservoir isolated’ = IRIS) by one of those in 7 down (IRIS in “eyeball”),
4 It might set the standard (lower or raise THE BAR) for the legal profession (THE BAR),
5 Gangster (D-ON) conceals a (-A-) manuscript (-MS-) (DAMSON) by Deep Purple (DAMSON),
6 Insurgents release tigers (‘insurgents’ release ‘tigers’ = nuns = NUNS) in the cloister (NUNS),
7 Vision (EYEBALL) similar to 21 down (“orb” is similar to EYEBALL),
8 Manage (RUN) wedding bands (RINGS) for a few pints (ROUND) (RUN RINGS ROUND) informally – it’s very easy to achieve, considering the opposition (RUN RINGS ROUND),
9 This will happen if you fail to refill kettle (RUN OUT OF STEAM) or lose one’s energy (RUN OUT OF STEAM),
14 Terrible (= anagram indicator) gulag (gulag = LUGGA-), for example (e.g. = -GE), set up (= reversal indicator) (LUGGAGE) for those taking flight perhaps (LUGGAGE),
16 Dine (dine = INDE-) out (= anagram indicator) with mystery man (-X) (INDEX) – in my book, it’s the last thing you’d expect to see (INDEX),
18 Cunning plans (RUSES) by drunk (= anagram indicator) users (users = RUSES),
20 Selection of those horsing around (selection of those ‘horsing around’ = GAR) in the pond (GAR fish in the pond),
21 Spherical object (ORB) integral to conveyor belt (integral to ‘conveyor belt’ = ORB),
24 This (this = S-IH-T) revolves (= reverse indicator) around hospital (-H-) with mid-sized (mid ‘sized’ = -Z-) unit opening (unit opening = -U) (SHIH-TZU) for one type of dog (SHIH-TZU),
26 Turn up (= reversal indicator) motorway (MI = IM-) to old-fashioned (passé = -PASSE) (IMPASSE) roadblock (IMPASSE),
27 It’s earned (earned = ENDEAR) working (= anagram indicator) to curry favour (ENDEAR),
28 Light (light = GLIT-H) out (= anagram indicator) around college (-C-) (GLITCH) is a temporary fault (GLITCH).
32 Upset (= reversal indicator) supporter (fan = NA-F) outside institute (-I-) (NAIF) is so naïve (NAIF),
33 It’s too fussy (ANAL) for characters in psychoanalysis (characters in ‘psychoanalysis’ = ANAL).
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