Crossword 18

This puzzle is a tribute to Derek Crozier. Happy Birthday and congratulations on puzzle 14,000.

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Across

1. I's or? (6)

4. Mooches in with the crowd about zee chat (8)

9. Oh, so much anger with the messy food (6)

10. If aliens end the roundabout ride? (8)

12. Before the South, the odds are 7-7 (5)

13. Incapable of error in a gainful mix (9)

15. Strike fifty before the morning (3)

16. Charlotte is short here (5)

17. With the maiden, she sort of lives here in NA (6)

22. I will thank you at the end or after the flea show's his loyalty (6)

24. At the end, the gal was tied up a the number 50 river (5)

27. Oh, about eggs (3)

28. Coining to a disguise in a strange way (9)

31. Joins ink with L's (5)

32. This flower is not odd considering it is with the dole folk. (8)

33. Im itchin' for water, by the sound of it (6)

34. Brand to feed my chum, perhaps (8)

35. Desire to live in that house, in short for both (3,3)

Down

1. The tots are normally not found in the lost property (8)

2. The ant in this place has something to do with birth (8)

3. Bill maid, so I heard (9)

5. ....hanger in suspense? (5)

6. Here sounds literally like my friend, in a French way (5)

7. 0,0 (6)

8. What is the matter? (6)

11. Back up two thousand with 'el to hit like 15 across (6)

14. An eye for the noisy Cuckoo (3)

18. The doctor in the Tory party is crumbling the wood (3-3)

19. This month can be let with the short book about a tee (9)

20. 150" is how one refers to the trump (8)

21. He sings ?Methods to kill perhaps? (8)

23. An appendage after bored action (3)

25. 1 Across with 'e is a type of garner (6)

26. The deer is back to write hundreds in a manner of speech (6)

29. "Gee, you lag behind in this prison", as its written perhaps? (5)

30. The sound within D (5)