What’s Cookin’?
by Kegler
The unclued entry at 20 Across defines the other eight unclued entries. 12A is an unusual word.
Across
| 1 | Dash around large tree (3) |
| 9 | Reportedly stun for a period of time (4) |
| 11 | Fuss about a soldier’s slow pace (6) |
| 12 | One out of sympathy with the times as to oil, unfortunately (7) |
| 13 | Perplexing state of affairs, with crowd circling hospital area (6) |
| 15 | Sops soft cheeses, clutching bit of bread (6) |
| 16 | Jack provided ultimately brief moment (4) |
| 17 | Prepare a tape for reuse before taking a second (5) |
| 19 | Detective story’s two Hindu nuts (8) |
| 20 | See instructions |
| 23 | Travels with newlyweds after sixth of December (5) |
| 24 | Actor Robert ironed weaves (2,4) |
| 27 | Song in a girl’s heart (3) |
| 28 | Energy shot, retreat (3) |
| 29 | Satchel, Gabriel and child returning (4,3) |
| 32 | In recession, run into anger about one union (8) |
| 33 | Woody’s son Marlon ignoring boundaries (4) |
| 34 | Everyone recalled catching commencement of oncoming musical siren (4) |
| 35 | Oracles admitting no scornful expressions (6) |
| 36 | Sounds of protest from the old records (5) |
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Down
| 1 | Rising tendency for change (4) |
| 2 | Earl’s fancy surgical instrument (5) |
| 3 | Poi may spread Mr. Magoo’s ailment (6) |
| 4 | Conscious of sense of wonder about Alaska (5) |
| 5 | Guy enthralls American Indians with white bird (4,4) |
| 6 | Man interrupts fight over grades (5) |
| 7 | Winding road Ed loved (6) |
| 8 | A tool that squeezes corruption, we hear (4) |
| 10 | Hick or no, Rocky's a noted Russian chess player (8) |
| 14 | Without carbon, zinc and nickel start to affect flowering plant (6) |
| 18 | Initially, Eliot Ness flipped over German city (5) |
| 21 | Eccentric bald old stranger (7) |
| 22 | Tin alloy tabouret we put back inside (6) |
| 25 | Theater district boosting Irish singer (6) |
| 26 | Competing for hollow victory, in general (5) |
| 30 | Go back over electrical engineer’s S-shaped molding (4) |
| 31 | Crow’s feather finally put into suitcase (4) |
| 33 | Grill a steak’s outer surfaces (3) |
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Solution