Across:
1 Does this suggest it’s someone else’s autobiography? (NOT ON YOUR LIFE) Never! (NOT ON YOUR LIFE),
10 Punishing (ONEROUS) Oscar (O-) for being easily frightened (nervous) without Victor (v) (‘nervous’ without ‘v’ = -NEROUS) (ONEROUS),
11 Surprise (-HO) Count (count = TALLY -) at the start (= positional indicator) (TALLY-HO), with Bellow at bloodcurdling, beastly event (huntsman’s cry/bellow = TALLY-HO),
12 Locked up in Guggenheim – a museum (locked up in “Guggenheim – a museum” = IMAM) preaching to the faithful (IMAM),
13 Transfer between banks (FERRY) for numerous people going overseas (FERRY),
15 Amidst upsetting (= reversal indicator) thumb motion (amidst upsetting ‘thumb motion’ = bmot = TOMB) in the dead centre (TOMB),
17 Newshound showed off (‘newshound’ ‘showed’ off/without ‘showed’ = nun = NUN) to one of those from The Abbey (NUN),
19 No room in comic opera (no ‘room’ in ‘comic opera’ = cicpea = ICE CAP) for cold type from summit (ICE CAP),
21 Stop browsing (LOG OFF) in diary (LOG) – it’s not quite right (OFF) (LOG OFF),
22 Hair-raising type (PIGTAIL) of detective (PI-) gets lead (‘gets’ lead = -G-) to do surveillance on suspect (-TAIL) (PIGTAIL),
23 Out (ASLEEP) of tin? There’s none in Palestine! (no ‘tin’ in ‘Palestine’ = palese = ASLEEP),
25 One taking steps (DANCER) to remove boating in Botanic Garden (remove ‘boating’ from ‘Botanic Garden’ = carden = DANCER),
27 Whistleblower (REF) retires (= reversal indicator) in Tenerife region (in ‘Tenerife region’ = fer = REF),
29 Bity type (IOTA) of revolutionary (= reversal indicator) extract from Plato identified (extract from ‘Plato identified = atoi = IOTA),
30 Brunette loses nut (‘brunette’ loses ‘nut’ = brete = BERET) with French topper (BERET),
31 Bit of Patsy Cline (bit of ‘Patsy Cline’ = tsyc) backtrack (=reversal indicator) (tsyc = CYST) with a thin-walled organ (CYST),
34 Sat in on (sat in on = NATIONS) exchange (= anagram indicator) one diplomatically joining the institution that is United? (United NATIONS),
35 Yes (-Y-) Prime Minister (PM) returns (= reversal indicator) (PM = -MP-) in most (most = S-TOM) awkward (= anagram indicator) (SYMPTOM) feature (SYMPTOM),
36 NATO (Nato = NOT A-) built (= anagram indicator) square (-T square) for a (A-) city in America (New York = -NT)? Terms (PRICE) (NOT AT ANT PRICE) suggest it’s to be avoided regardless of the benefit! (NOT AT ANY PRICE),
Down:
2 Some interloper at event (some ‘interloper at event’ = OPERATE) or function (OPERATE),
3 Tips on back of envelope (tips ‘on back of envelope’ = OBOE) by one of those down the pits (OBOE in orchestra pit),
4 Of course (YES -), that lot on stag party (-MEN) (YES-MEN) can never say no (YES-MEN),
5 A wake (awake = UP-) for tenor (-T-) by one left holding the ashes (-URN) (UPTURN) is a trend on the road to recovery (UPTURN),
6 Three students (three learners = LLL = L-LL) taking in university (-U-) (LULL) is the opposite of 5 down (LULL is the opposite of ‘upturn’),
7 What the unsociable bird would do (FLY SOLO) to do it alone (FLY SOLO),
8 What the informers are capable of (NOTIFICATIONS) in America and Russia (Nations = N-ATIONS) covers good books (Old Testament = -OT-) being fairly (half of) specific (half of ‘specific’ -IFIC-) (NOTIFICATIONS),
9 In a manner of speaking, it’s long overdue (NOT BEFORE TIME) as it explains the period after The Big Bang (NOT BEFORE TIME),
14 Poor (= anagram indicator) result (result = RUSTLE-) at end of war (end of ‘war’ = -R) (RUSTLER) for one taking stock (RUSTLER),
16 Pipe dream without Demi (‘pipe dream’ without ‘Demi’ = ppera = PAPER) – the star! (PAPER),
18 Tick off cocktails (‘tick’ off ‘cocktails’ = ocals = COLAS) with soft drinks (COLAS),
20 A slant from Spinal Tap (‘a slant’ from ‘spinal tap’ = pip = PIP) from one of The Stones (one of the stones = PIP),
21 On the jar (LID) in Cork (cork/cap = LID),
24 One will have to move on (LET IT GO), as didn’t put a hand out for the bus (LET IT GO),
26 It’s hard to understand (CRYPTIC) Bellow (bellow = CRY-) getting pressure (-P-) and stick at the centre (‘stick’ at the centre = -TIC) (CRYPTIC),
27 The German (der = RED) revolutionary (= reversal indicator) from state (= homophone indicator) bishopric (‘see’ = ‘SEA’) (RED SEA) has a part in The Bible? (‘a part’ = ‘apart’ in the Bible = RED SEA was parted by Moses in The Bible),
28 It’s key (music key F-) to Yeti’s (Yetis = -EISTY) movement (= anagram indicator) (FEISTY) that’s excitable (FEISTY),
32 Made art in Spain (GOYA) of persons leaving greasy spoon (‘persons’ leaving ‘greasy spoon’ = gayo = GOYA),
33 Address of Turkish ruler (EMIR) held up (= reversal indicator) in Leitrim enterprise (in ‘Leitrim enterprise’ = rime = EMIR).