28a Term for Will's date that's ill-judged (5) LATE? lated? Shakespeare? 35a Get tea through me - my charges are small (9) ... think the ans is CHAPERONE - I can see the tea (cha) and through (per)......
Each pair of rhyming lines contains both a definition (one or more words) and a mixture or reversal of the letters (beginning at the beginning or ending at the end of a word in the clue) of the two...
9a Fish sample said to be something with strong smell (6) ?ARL?? garlic? - can see gar = fish but the rest?
20a Glaswegian's cheerful little firm led by little woman (4) ?O?O woco??...
Some clues have a superfluous letter. Some clues have their definitons switched. 32a Stay with paper while away (7) ??S?E?D 1st letter possibly s, so suspend could be a possible answer?? 33a Block and...
23a Buttering up apparently not required by French Nobel prizewinning author (7) ??????D ........... possibly Rolland??
19d Sailor's patron in Balearic resort (7) E???L?A...
The clue leads to 2 words which overlap (3 letters in the middle) ; consists of clues to the 2 overlapping words, in either order; one of these is normal, but in the otrher the cryptic...
Grid full, highlighting done, apart from one answer!
15a Verse in song, clumsy, about ascetic (8) MA?A?IBA - not certain of the "B" but I "think" the other letters are ok?...