Guardian crossword

[lloyd1e]

42a 36 grown out of diet extravaganza and cross about it (5,4,2,6) ?r?n? s?d? o? t?????

36a Getting on when bird is off? (2,7) ?o ?????e?
I seem to be stuck in the bottom right corner but if anyone has these answers I may then be able to get the others.
Thanks in advance.

[kayakamina]

Wrong side of thirty

[kayakamina]

To explain.. Anagram Grown of diet + shirty (cross)

[lloyd1e]

Thank you kayakamina. Is 33d backbite and do you have 36a?

[lloyd1e]

Kayakamina - I now think 32a is Albert and 36a is to succeed - are those correct?

[kayakamina]

Yes Albert ... B (bachelor)+ alert

I also have to succeed K

[lloyd1e]

Many thanks - last one! 37d U?r?i? Not exactly diehard socialist writer for reporter - I have pondered long and hard on this and cannot see it at all.

[kayakamina]

lloydie I meant to put a question mark next to succeed as i'm still pondering it- although Suck seed is tempting.

[lloyd1e]

I agree with your solution - suck seed seems the likely interpretation.

[homeresque]

I think you're on the wrong track with 36a - the answer is part of the same quote as 42a

[Argee2]

36 ac No chicken

[lloyd1e]

Many thanks homeresque - I've found it now! It's no chicken.

[kayakamina]

Of course. The instructions link the clues . Doh.

[lloyd1e]

Phew - finally finished! Thanks for all the help.