Across:
1 Local authority (COUNTY COUNCIL) is down (Down = COUNTY) on state (= homophone indicator) lawyer (“counsel” = “council’ = COUNCIL) (COUNTY COUNCIL),
10 Individual (ONE-) capital rights (capital ‘rights’ = -R-) to remove one (I) from debts (debts = ‘IOUs’ without ‘I’ = -OUS) (ONEROUS) can be hard to take (ONEROUS),
11 Rushed off one’s feet (ON THE GO) agitating (= anagram indicator) The Goon (The Goon = ON THE GO),
12 Get it exactly right (NAIL it) on the borders of nature trail (on the borders of ‘nature trail’ = NAIL),
13 Taste (SENSE) sample of delicatessen seasonings (sample of “delicatessen seasonings” = SENSE),
15 Beam (GRIN) held by self-deprecating ringleader (held by ‘self-deprecating ringleader’ = GRIN),
17 Shines out of Nissen Hut (‘Shines’ out of ‘Nissen Hut’ = nut = NUT) in Brazil (Brazil NUT),
19 Upsets (= reversal indicator) old city (Troy = YO-RT) over The Wire (bug) failing to start (b) (‘bug’ without ‘b’ = -GU-) (YOGURT) – that’s live culture for you (YOGURT),
21 Sour (sour = -OURS-) exchange (= anagram indicator) between Belgium (B-E) (BOURSE) and France’s stock market (BOURSE),
22 Nearly (e) 100 per cent (‘pure’ without ‘e’ = PUR-) is an invention (-LIE-) and primarily used (primarily ‘used’ = -U) (PURLIEU) around the houses (PURLIEU),
23 Event in Ring (bout) needs no introduction (b) (‘bout’ without ‘b’ = OUT-) to comedian (-WIT) (OUTWIT) or fool (OUTWIT),
25 Show-off (= anagram indicator) in game (in game = ENIGMA) is a mystery to others (ENIGMA),
27 Some compliment – a benefit (some ‘compliment – a benefit’ = TAB) for Bill (TAB),
29 Cohort of the characters appear loud (cohort of the characters ‘appear loud’ = EARL) in the House of Lords (EARL),
30 A measure of the gold (CARAT) ale taken from the à La Carte (‘ale’ taken from the ‘a la carte’ = acart = CARAT),
31 Describe a technology in part (‘describe a technology’ in part = BEAT) for the policeman to work (BEAT),
34 A (A-) cinema (cinema = -NAEMIC-) adaptation (= anagram indicator) (ANAEMIC) of There Will Be Blood, but not enough of it (ANAEMIC),
35 Flexible type (ELASTIC) from A-list (alist = -LASTI-) working (= anagram indicator) in Clare (CE = E-C) bends over backwards (= reversal indicator) (ELASTIC),
36 Doing the maths (COUNTING) for The Dáil (HOUSE) (COUNTING HOUSE) in place of the king? (the king was in his COUNTING HOUSE from the ‘Sing a Song of Sixpence’ rhyme).
Down:
2 Frank (OPEN-) in (-IN-) middle age (middle ‘age’ = -G) (OPENING) is getting the show off the ground (OPENING),
3 Serb leaves Sorbonne (‘Serb’ leaves ‘Sorbonne’ = oonn = NOON) in the middle of the day (NOON),
4 Of course (YES -), that lot on stag party (-MEN) (YES-MEN) can never say no (YES-MEN),
5 Boo (Boo = OBO-) suspect (= anagram indicator) winner (1st = -IST) (OBOIST) from the pit (OBOIST),
6 Take account of (NOTE) what’s in San Marino technology (what’s in ‘San Marino technology’ = NOTE),
7 Renoir (Renoir = IN ER-OR) worried (= anagram indicator) about the end of summer (the end of ‘summer’ = -R-) (IN ERROR) – is that wrong? (IN ERROR),
8 Clare (COUNTY) finished (DONE-) with American woman (-GAL) (COUNTY DONEGAL) on the west coast (COUNTY DONEGAL),
9 Offensive response to initial charge (COUNTER-ATTACK) in bar (bar COUNTER-) strike (-ATTACK) (COUNTER-ATTACK),
14 Unclear (unclear = NUCLEAR) play (= anagram indicator) relates to a type of energetic family? (NUCLEAR family),
16 Tennis pro has no nets (‘tennis pro’ has no ‘nets’ = nipro = ORPIN) to place in the ground (ORPIN),
18 Sum up (COUNT) what’s on all sides today (COUNT on all sides of today’s grid),
20 Old king (Tutankhamen) in short (TUT), is wise to get out of wet suit (‘wise’ to get out of ‘wet suit’ = tut = TUT),
21 Most of (f) the trouble (beef) (‘beef’ without ‘f’ = BEE) is with honey producer (BEE),
24 Split (TORN-) from a (-A-) party (-DO) (TORNADO) in The Tempest (TORNADO),
26 Place (set) that needs no introduction (s) (‘set’ without ‘s’ = -ET-) in ghost (ghost = GH-TOS) novel (= anagram indicator) (GHETTOS) with run down areas (GHETTOS),
27 College (C-) in Haiti (Haiti = TAI -HI) adapted (= anagram indicator) (TAI CHI) exercises for the Orientals (TAI CHI),
28 Troublemaker (BAD EGG) stinks out the co-op? (stinks out the coop = BAD EGG),
32 Indication of mass agreement (AMEN) in Sacramento (in ‘Sacramento’ = AMEN),
33 Insider to stream a YouTube (insider to ‘stream a YouTube’ = MAYO) spread from the deli (MAYO).