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Tales from the Cryptic 3 Crossword Puzzle

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The third installment of pleasure and pain in the form of cryptic crossword clues and wordplay.
Author: Wizzid - Diff: Harder

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      Across
      1. (& 31 Down) Conduct a racket to help Lazarus (4, 3)
      5. Calm a prodigious body of water (7)
      9. Victory in the ring is a little bit kooky (3)
      10. A bright light guided (3)
      11. He has a hunch but sadly roamed dry (9)
      14. Intense ambition to operate a vehicle (5)
      15. Games both old and new from a wretched slimy cop (8)
      17. Madagascan mammal is off centre (6)
      18. In the heart of sausage country (3)
      19. Heard upright body of water (6)
      20. A long way off in a starchy flour (6)
      22. Puck is a little selfish (3)
      23. He's said to be intense but more effeminate (6)
      26. Relieved oneself in swing at the racing venue (8)
      28. Silver permit prevents shoelace from fraying (5)
      29. Spanish fleet lacking a sickly circle and an insectivore (9)
      33. A tear and a wish for the dead (3)
      34. Literally but not entirely unwell (3)
      35. Put pressure on your informal American lover (7)
      36. Aged men struggling through climax of chess (7)

      Down

      1. Crazy fool follows unprofitable pursuits (4, 5, 6)
      2. Weight of a NATO letter (4)
      3. Produce words and symbols and species (4)
      4. Alien not available to see volcano (4)
      5. Marine invertebrate can grow in the bowel (5)
      6. Bounder to kick the bucket and assist golfer (6)
      7. More alluring and closer to being vulpine (6)
      8. Indian leader of the mad Lipizzaners? (5, 5, 5)
      12. African killer sees Brazilian dance leader exchanged with a thousand in Rome (5)
      13. Itinerant queen follows general meaning (7)
      16. Rob blue midgets of a grand and rides offshore (5)
      17. Plump up with salty cheese and silky material (7)
      21. Circle measurements and absorbed radiation with a double dose of iodine (5)
      24. A surfboard manufactured by landlocked African nation and Burundi's leaders (6)
      25. Compass points to large woody plant to obtain a meal (6)
      27. Left at the church recess to temporarily fail (5)
      30. Ancient attacking weapon and modern defensive weapon (4)
      31. (See 1 Across)(4)
      32. Beast of burden offloads learner to become a spiritual leader (4)