Company Liquidation by Kruger

Puzzle explanation

Extra letters in wordplay gave “There is no such thing as society; M. Thatcher”. Consequently, synonyms of “society” and all occurrences of the abbreviation S were omitted in grid entries.

Clue explanations

Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal

No Answer (omitted word) Explanation [extra letter]
Across
1 UTMOST UT + MO + ’ST
5 DUTCH (GUILD)ER DUTCH + GUIL[T] + RED <
11 ZABAIONE (siz)Z(les) + (I + [H]ABANERO) * − R
12 HENRY (CO-OP)ER (O(bdurat)[E] + CORNER HYPE) *
13 UNKINDNESS [R]OUNDNESS around KIN − O(bese)
14 (CLUB)ROOT CLU[E] + B(ushti)T around ROO(k)
15 MISSEND MISS EN[I]D
16 INVERSE [S]IN + VERSE
18 ASSESSED ASSES + SE[N]D
19 BLASTED BLED around [O]AST
23 TENUOUS [S]TRENUOUS − R
25 TOEA TO + EA[U]
27 BODRAG [C]RAG around BOD
28 SARCASM RAS < + C[H]ASM
30 LOTUS L + S[T]OUT *
33 TOMMY SHOP TOM + M(anage) [H](arrods) Y(our) + POSH *
34 BE(LEAGUE)RMENT (LEAGUER + M[I]EN) in BET
35 NO-NONSENSE NO[N] + NON + SENSE
36 SENTIENT [G]ENT in SIENA − A + T
37 SINKER STINKER − (longes)T
Down
1 SUBHUMAN SUN around BA around HUM
2 TRENISE ((pol)ES IN E[A]RT(hy)) <
3 MINKE [S]INK in ME
4 OR(GAN-G)RINDER ([S]INGER OR GRAND) *
5 DAEDALUS L[O]US(e) after (DEAD < + A)
6 TALENT [C]AL(l) in TENT
7 SCISSORS CROSS around (IS + [I]S)
8 HOWSO W[E] in SOHO *
9 ENDORSE DORSE[T] after E(pstei)N
10 RESITE RE[Y]E around SIT
17 VESTRYMAN (V + STR) around E + [M]Y + MAN
20 A(BAND)ONMENT A + BAN + DON + MEN in [T]T
21 HAMPSTER ((t)[H](a)T (i)S) < in HAMPER
22 COOKSON COO around O[A]KS + N
24 NASTINESS ([T]AST(e) + I(rrational) N(ervousness)) in NESS
26 SEASONLESS ([C]LASSES ONES) *
27 B(ORDER)LINE (R[H]INE BORE + L + D) *
29 (BODY)-CHECK BOD[E] + (pa)Y + homophone of CZECH
31 STINT STI[R] + N(es)T
32 ULOSIS SOIL * in US
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