Two for the Price of One by Monk

Puzzle explanation

The special cells each contain two cardinal points, indicating the sides of the cell by which the Train Tracks path enters and leaves. Any arrangement of the two letters in these cells was accepted as long as the answer(s) could be read correctly.

Clue explanations

Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal

No Answer Explanation
Across
1 THE TOWER OF LONDON (TOWER + OF + (OLD ON) *) in THEN
13 RACHIS CHAIRS *
14 IAGO I(mposed) A(nother) G(agging) O(rder)
15 INSECTS IN + SECTS
17 WET BOB (TO around B) in WEB
18 MOHS SCALE MOSS around H + CA + L(arg)E; ref. Kate Moss
21 OSTIUM (I MUST) * after O
22 UNWEARABLE UNE around W + ARABLE; ref. 12dn
25 L-DOPA (DO + (VI)P) in LA
28 MAINS 2 meanings
29 GOBELINS GO + B + SENILE < − (hop)E
32 TREE T(a)R(g)E(t)E(d)
33 HAEMOCOEL (searc)H + (LEO + COME A(t)) <
34 MANSONRY MARY around (N + SON)
35 SNOOTY (Y + TOONS) <
Down
1 TRIMURTI TRIM + URTICA − CA
2 HAN HAN(d); ref. Pitman shorthand
3 THE SAME HES in TAME
4 WEST WETS with ’S moved up
5 RUSA RUSSIA − IS <
6 ORWELLIAN OR + WELL IN around A
7 FÊTE F(ibonacci) (s)E(ries) (es)T(ablish) (hyp)E(rgeometric)
8 LOBOTOMY (p)LOY around BOT(t)OM
9 OBOS O + BOS(che)
10 DANIO DAN + IO
11 OGPU (P(usht)U + GO) *
12 NORMANS R in NO-MAN’S-LAND − LAND
16 SHEKEL S + K in HEEL
19 ONWARD O + DRAWN <
20 CAIRNS CANS around (I + R)
23 RANA RAN + A
24 EGER E’ER around (crashin)G
26 DECO homophone of DEKKO or DECKO
27 PIET P + DIET − D
30 BOS’N BOSN(ia)
31 LOO LOO(t)
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