There's a rather old fashioned feel to this puzzle with references to Frank Buchman, bits of Latin, women waiting for a given time to propose and a defunct TV detective series amongst other features. Nothing too difficult, however.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | ECCLUS - (clues)* surrounds C=chapter; the Sirach - book of Ecclesiasticus; |
| 6 | LATRON - LAT(e)R-ON; Spain=E; old word (forgotten) for robber; |
| 11 | PROCREATE - PRO-C-REATE; coloured=C; |
| 12 | UMRA - U-MRA; MRA=Moral Rearmament, a movement that succeeded The Oxford Group, followers of Frank Buchman; a form of hadj; |
| 13 | MODELER - (rome)*b surrounds LED reversed; US spelling of "modeller" - the plastic is a reference to model building kits; |
| 14 | LEAP,YEAR - LEAP-YEA-(ap)R(il); I don't think modern women take much notice of this old fashioned custom; |
| 16 | GABLE - GA(B)LE; B from B(usted); |
| 19 | OBIT - (o)OBIT; anniversary of a death (space shuttle Columbia's crew perhaps - died 1st February 2003); |
| 20 | PINOTAGE - PI(NO-TAG)E; a grape used for wine making - why "luxury"?; |
| 22 | CONWOMEN - CON-W-OMEN; |
| 24 | ANTI - hidden (dec)ANTI(ng); |
| 26 | FLOOD - F(L)OOD; |
| 28 | OUT-HEROD - OUT-(horde)*; |
| 30 | SEASLUG - (sounds like "cease")-LUG; |
| 31 | BIDI - BID-I; poor quality gasper; |
| 32 | AEROBRAKE - A-(BORE reversed)-RAKE; a thin horse=RAKE; |
| 33 | ERINYS - SYN-IRE all reversed; a Fury; |
| 34 | SAKIEH - (a sheik)*; water wheel; |
| Down | |
| 1 | EMULGE - E(GLUM reversed)E; drain; |
| 2 | COME,ALONG - CO-MEAL-ON-G; |
| 3 | CARABIN - C(A-R)ABIN; R from R(ound); |
| 4 | URDY - (st)URDY; |
| 5 | SOMETIME - (tommies)*-E; |
| 7 | ARDRI - A(RD)R-I; augmented reality=AR; I=aye; Irish king; |
| 8 | TEETOTAL - TEE-TOTAL; support=TEE; put on ice=kill=TOTAL; dialect (some people's) for complete; |
| 9 | RALE - RA(tt)LE; |
| 10 | NERITE - (entire)*; |
| 15 | RIGWOODIE - RIG-WOO-DIE; Taggart refers to fictional Scots detective, hence a Scots word; |
| 17 | LEWISSON - LEWIS-SO-N; reference Lennox Lewis; provided=SO; mason's lifting device; |
| 18 | INERT,GAS - (tangiers)*; He=helium=inert gas; |
| 21 | AMORINI - IN-I-ROMA all reversed; |
| 22 | CAUSAE - CA-US(A)E; cases=CA; adjective=A; plural form of latin tag used in legal phrases such as "causa causans"; |
| 23 | ODDISH - DO reversed-DISH; |
| 25 | DOLBY - DO(L)BY; audio tecnology from Dolby Labs; |
| 27 | SARI - S(A)RI; |
| 29 | HAKA - HA-KA; spirit=KA; |