Affirmative Action solution
by Kegler
The first letters of the extra words (shown in brackets) pose the question “Isn't it shocking how you might become a yes-man?”
The answer, from 1 and 35 Across: YOU JUST NEVER “NO”!
Across
| 1 | YOU JUST |
| 6 | A + S + PIC [includes] |
| 9 | LE + O + PARD [stalks] |
| 10 | OR + CA [native] |
| 12 | LIMNS ("LIMBS" hom) [torsos] |
| 15 | A-I + DA [introduces] |
| 16 | INERTLY (LINE TRY anag) [tracing] |
| 17 | SIN + US [subordinate] |
| 19 | USE (SUE anag) [her] |
| 20 | [ANT/part]ICIPATION [observantly] |
| 22 | REALIZATIONS (RATIONALIZES anag) [controversial] |
| 24 | FE + W [keep] |
| 26 | UNP + E.G. (PUN anag) [innocuously] |
| 28 | BAUXITE ("BALK SITE" hom) [near] |
| 30 | RAN + I [grotesque] |
| 31 | C,Y + STS [having] |
| 32 | ATOP (hidden) [one] |
| 33 | CO(CKPI)T (PICK anag) [worker's] |
| 34 | NORTH (THORN anag) [yields] |
| 35 | NEVER NO |
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Down
| 1 | YE + LPS [over] |
| 2 | OLIO (rev hidden) [unusual] |
| 3 | J + ON + QUILt [marring] |
| 4 | SANITIZATION (A ZINNIA TO ITS anag) [ill-fated] |
| 5 | TRAN(SPARE + N)CE [grasping] |
| 6 | ADIEU (hidden) [handsome] |
| 7 | P + RATE [teenagers'] |
| 8 | CAN(YON)S [beautiful] |
| 11 | CALm + ZONE [extolling] |
| 13 | MINT (1st letters) [chocolate] |
| 14 | SO + S [occurs] |
| 18 | IN + EX ACT [measurement] |
| 20 | ARABIAN (IN A BAR A anag) [excitable] |
| 21 | TIN[T]YPEt (move the final T) [actor's] |
| 23 | OPTS (POST anag) [youngster] |
| 24 | F + jUROR [earsplitting] |
| 25 | W + IN + CH [saintly] |
| 26 | US + C [medical] |
| 27 | GUST + O [ardent] |
| 29 | AT + TN [needed] |
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