Across
1 Anagram (abandoned) of “German breeders” = Red Amber Green = Traffic light starting sequence
10 A + LSO (London Symphony Orchestra)+ ran (managed) = also ran = mediocre
11 The minibar in a hotel room is extremely expensive
12 Gene (Hackman actor) and a gene is part of his genetic make-up
13 Pylon (support for electricity grid) is found in occuPY LONG
15 Every second letter of iNsIgNiA = Nina, a hidden message in a puzzle
17 MOM (mother) if flipped becoms WOW - amazing
19 The best (elite) less t (timeless) = Thebes = old city
21 Dig (appreciate) + est (centre letters of jamESTown) = digest = take in (as in eat)
22 Triple definition
23 Repeat = another showing of a TV prgramme; re (about) peat (fossil fuel)
25 P (parking) twice in dale (valley) = dapple = spot
27 Rap = criticise; rap = musical style; rap = reverse of par (standard)
29 “I con” might be the confession of a grifter (con artist) + Icon is a common feature of computer screens
30 Notion (idea) without I = not on = impossible
31 First letters of Move Economic Numbers Up
34 Anagram (excited) of “lad” = ald, following Emer = Emerald as in the Emerald Isle
35 Village hamlet with the first letter (v) moved back two places = t, creating tillage, a place of agricultural cultivation
36 Here be dragons appears on ancient maps of unknown regions; Wales symbol is a dragon
Down
2 Centre (crucial to) of tESt uSEd laNCEts = essence = the substance of things
3 Airs (broadcasts) = pairs (matches) after p (power) is lost
4 By around one (single) + M (man) = Boney M
5 MC (host - master of ceremonies) in room (chamber) = romcom = something funny about love
6 R (lead letter of rub) in d (dead) = rind = skin (of fruit for example)
7 Anagram (worried) of “Bet I’d be” = ebbtide = when tidal river water gets lower
8 Laughter lines (evidence of a love of humour) radiate from the sude of your eyes
9 Anagram (fixing) of “burst leak here” = break the rules = don’t follow protocol
14 Lot (crowd) around Vera (woman) = Love rat = an unfaithful person
16 Vegan (one who might reject veal) is contained (portion) and reversed (send back) in maNAGE Veal
18 Titan = strong man; without it = tan = bronze
20 Sit (model) + order given to well trained dog (setter for example)
21 Dude (an American guy) - e (energy) = dud = a failure
24 Anagram (doctor) of “hope men” = phoneme = a unit of sound
26 Pawn (stooge) around (goes outside) red (embarrassed) = predawn = before sunrise
27 Roadie (musical group’s technical person) sounds like (calling out) Row D (the fourth line)
28 From the slogan “Bill posters may be prosecuted”
32 Female (she) lacking iron (FE) = male (he)
33 Plug (a mention for example on a TV show) is often linked with ugly (plug ugly)