Have carefully posted this after the newly-extended deadline
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1 Continue chasing fine drink – it involves heated brandy FLAP-DRAGON
DRAG ON continue after F fine LAP drink (old parlour game – catching raisins from flaming brandy, extinguishing them by closing the mouth)
11 Sober act mostly involves booze being sent back DEMURE
RUM< booze back in DEE[d] act mostly
12 Palm giving success to native medicine GOMUTI palm
GO success MUTI South African traditional medicine
14 Religious centre between House of Lords and English border BETHLEHEM
BET between HL house of lords E English HEM border
15 Moulding English self-confidence is revolutionary OGEE moulding
(E English EGO self-confidence)< revolutionary
17 One encourages rejection of repeat broadcast about routine NURTURER
RUT routine in RERUN repeat broadcast – all reversed
19 Exploit celebration to disown son FEAT exploit
take S son from FEAST celebration
20 Tile concealing the French lizard TEGU lizard
remove LA French the from TEGULA flat roofing tile
21 Neighbour’s acreage and spread ABUTTER neighbour
A acreage BUTTER spread
23 Rue injury, sadly docking tail HARMALA African or Syrian rue plant
HARM injury ALA[s] sadly docking tail
25 Nothing follows first 30% of ‘Hallelujah Gloria” HALO Gloria
HAL[lelujah] O nothing follows
27 Man receives time here? STIR prison
T time in SIR man
28 Close to agreement, returning for drink NIGHTCAP drink
NIGH close PACT< agreement returning
32 Set to ignore cold water treatment BATH
C cold from BATCH set
33 Soon heading off after slight cut, shunning assistance INSULARLY
INSUL[t] slight cut, heading off soon [e]ARLY
34 What’s best in reworking children’s author? (E) NESBIT author
anagram, reworking, of BEST IN
35 Again start work to block local ditch REOPEN start again
OP work in REEN ditch in Somerset
36 Expert in fixing Easter sport PACE-EGGING rolling Easter eggs
ACE expert in PEGGING fixing
DOWN
2 Union shelter accommodating a German Unionist LEAGUE union
A G[erman] U[nionist] in LEE shelter
3 Source of perfume good in American fruit, not European AMBERGRIS
G good in AM[erican] BERRI[e]S
4 Female US detective was attractive DREW was attractive
NancyDREW fictional detective created by Edward Stratemeyer
5 Withdrawing a service, up in centre of Berlin RETIRAL withdrawing
(A RITE)< in RL middle of beRLin
6 Australian Government has to ignore second Turkish leader AGHA
A Australian G government HA[s] ignore second
7 Ancient river in spate? Hurry to extract metal GOLD RUSH
(OLD ancient R) in GUSH spate
8 About half of population ignoring first sign OMEN
WOMEN about half population minus first letter
9 Tablets? Each prevents upset STELAE old stone tablets
EA each LETS prevents all reversed
10 I’m coming into new heliport near the frontier LIMITROPHE near frontier
anagram (new) of I HELIPORT
13 Desire admonishment possibly without a hint of exculpation MONTH’S MIND
anagram of ADMONISHMENT minus A and E[xculpation] desire = prayer
16 A prime act rattling bones METACARPI bones: anagram A PRIME ACT
18 Culinary changes relating to hot salt? URANYLIC of uranyl used as fuel
anagam CULINARY
22 Uproar in Paris? Bishop arrives in time BAGARRE French fight
B bishop ARR arrives in AGE time
24 No longer reconciles? Not in the main – just the reverse ATONES
NOT in SEA the main, all reversed
26 Kentish land, note, available in strips LATHEN available in strips
LATHE division of land in Kent N note
29 Stop clumsy boat’s acceleration TUBA organ stop
TUB clumsy boat A acceleration
30 Profitable magazine’s closing with final issue FATE final issue
FAT profitable E magazine’s last letter
31 Scot’s keen, say, to follow good line GLEG marked by quickness & perception
EG say after G good L line
Thanks Jed for the blog and to Beelzebub for the puzzle. Re 31down.Although Chambers doesn’t define it as an adjective, in the part of Ayrshire that I come from ‘gleggy’ is absolutely acceptable and gave me the solution (with a bit of checking). This series is becoming one of my favourites.