Honest Grey Maker by Augeas

Puzzle explanation

The puzzle marked the 150th anniversary of the birth of Frank Lloyd Wright on 8 June 1867. The unclued entries gave the names of the schools Taliesin and Taliesin West established by Wright, and private residence Fallingwater that he designed. The instruction from clues was “highlight the man and his main innovative style”, the latter referring to his Prairie house designs. The title consists of synonyms for “frank”, “Lloyd” and “wright”.

Clue explanations

Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal

No Type, misprint Answer Explanation [extra letter]
Across
1 B (T)ow STUPE 2 meanings
6 C b(I)rds GAPES (affectin)G + APES
12 A   PRAIRIE P(a)R(t) A(r)I(d) R(u)I(n)E(d)
13 D   GREMLIN (MERL NIG[H]) *
15 B Ha(R)e MARA AR in MA
16 D   RÖNTGEN N[I]TROGEN *
18 C ha(G) APHAGIA AP + HAG + (d)I(nner) (l)A(cking)
24 A   AIRLOCK ’AIR + LOCK
26 B han(D)le AGNOMEN GNOME in AN
28 C gra(T)ing AJAR RAJA <
31 D   EGG CASE EG + G + C[H]ASE
33 A   KIDDUSH (DUCK DISH) * − C
34 B (L)ay LAIC I in LAC
35 D   ISATINES T[A]ENIASIS *
36 C Spa(N)ish EL CID (C + (ch)I(ll)) in ELD
37 A   ETTLE LETTERS * − R(emove) S(tamps)
Down
1 A   STIGMA STIG + MA; ref. Stig of the Dump
2 D   ULCER CURLE[D] *
3 B s(M)all PIUM (PUM(ped) + I) *
4 C p(I)ll ASPIRIN ASPIRIN(g)
5 C (S)narl GIRN RING *
6 A   GNAT TANG <
7 B d(I)sh PEROGI PER + O + GI
8 D   ESILE (l)E(s)S (l)I(v)[I](d) L(e)E(s)
9 A   STERNE homophone of STERN
10 D   EULOGIUM (Ach)EUL(ean) (ill)OGI(cal) (med)[I]UM(ism)
11 B S(H)are TRAPAN PART < + AN
14 C sha(N)k STEAL (TIDAL SEA) * − AID *
17 D   NEW RIGHT NEW + RIG + H[O]T
19 A   ALLOY LOYAL *
20 C p(A)rts RECAST (S + REACT) *
21 B (B)rolly GINGHAM (swin)GING HAM(burg)
22 D   RANKLE RANK + L[I]E
23 A   ANODIC AN + ODIC
25 C r(E)es KREESE K + REES + E
27 B (R)ight GLIAL (GORILLA − (O’ + R)) *
29 A   JAUNT AUNT after J
30 C Mone(Y) QUID 2 meanings
31 B b(E)ing ESSE (actr)ESSE(s’)
32 D   CUIT CUTI[E] *
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