Ancient Mariner by Tringa

Puzzle explanation

The last letters of the extra words in clues spelt out “G K Chesterton”; the first letters spelt Wine and Water, a poem by Chesterton (set to music by Hubert Parry) in which each stanza ends with the line “(But) I don’t care where the water goes if it doesn’t get into the wine.” Answers that were forms or bodies of water were entered in the wrong places, while remaining outside a central rectangle formed by the wines MADEIRA, MALBEC, CHABLIS and ARNEIS.

Clue explanations

Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal

No Extra word Answer Explanation
Across
1 wedding ALAP À LA + P
5   RAINDROP R(omanticist) + PIANO * around (D(istinctive) Repetition)); ref. Chopin’s “Raindrop” Prelude, op. 28 no. 15
10   PACIFIC (IF + I + C) after (PA + C)
11   AMLA ALMA <
12   LAKE 2 meanings
13   PLURAL PL + URAL
    CHAMADE (“conference call” in preamble)
14   RAZEE RAZED with E for D
15 ink IOTA (A TO I) <
16   THROBS B(osons) in SHORT *
19   FROLIC FLIC around (R(ioters) + O)
    TEEN (“young” in preamble)
22 neurotic BABU BABASSU − ASS
24   STEALE SALE around (T + E)
26   CYBELE C(arelessl)Y B(rok)E L(uggag)E
29   ILKA ALIKE * − E
30 Eighteenth STICH C in THIS *
31 Aussie BLISTER B-LISTER
33   AMAZON ZAMA(n) < + ON
34 News AREA ARE + À
35   YARD YAR + D
36   PSALTER PALTER around S
37   SNOWBALL (S + BALL) around NOW
    LUSH (“sexy” in preamble)
Down
2   LEGHORN LEG + HORN
    ARNA (“beast” in preamble)
3   PRIMAL M in PRIAL
4   FILARIAL (AFRAID I’LL − D) *
5   SEEDY SEE + D(elbo)Y
6   OOLITE ((Dors)ET I LOO(k)) <
7 district WAUR U in WAR
8   BROOKS B + ROOKS
9   NILE (ey)ELIN(er) <
10   PERRIER (t)ERRIER after P
11 were ARAR (RA + RA) <
13 ambassador PERTURBS (RUT + REP) < + BS
17 That HETAIRAI HET + AIR + AI(r)
18   SHEARER (punter)S + HEARER
20   ALKENES L in AKENES
21   SBIRRI BIRR in SI
23   BEAKER BREAKER − R
25   EISELL E(nterprise) + I + SELL
27   ECOD RECORD − R − R
28   CLASP P after CLAS(h)
30 embargo SKYR (goat’)S (mil)K (whe)Y (o)R
    HOOD (“covering” in preamble)
32 Roman TATU (s)TATU(e)
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