Across:
1 Pat (pat = TOUCH) and Oscar (O-) Furlong (-F) from paper (The Sun = THE SUN) (TOUCH OF THE SUN), might get this slight exposure labouring outdoors when it’s heating up (TOUCH OF THE SUN),
10 Palatial (OPULENT) Oxford (O-) bar (pub) is not finished (b) (‘pub’ without ‘b’ = -PU-) in the run-up to Easter (-LENT) (OPULENT)
11 Not as flushed as others (PALER-) opening main (opening ‘Main’ = -M-) office (-O) (PALERMO) in European city (PALERMO),
12 Extract (CLIP) in The Magazine (CLIP in the magazine of gun),
13 Filthy (unclean) article (an) is removed (‘unclean’ without ‘an’ = UNCLE) by a family member (UNCLE),
15 Fragment of reprimand is controversial (fragment of ‘reprimanD IS Controversial ” = DISC) in Ring (DISC),
17 Those involved in counterespionage (those involved in ‘countEREspionage’ = ERE), as before (before = ERE),
19 The first person (I) from queue heading (‘Queue’ heading = Q) to trial (TEST) (IQ TEST) with talent spotter (IQ TEST)
21 Book dealers asked out (‘book dealers’ ‘asked’ out/without ‘asked’ = booler = BOLERO) to dance in Madrid (BOLERO),
22 Racist leaves container ship (‘racist’ leaves ‘container ship’ = onnehip = PHONE-IN) to call the show (PHONE-IN),
23 Oresteia opening (opening of ‘Oresteia’ = -O-) in Gate (G-ATE-) – the final scene (final ‘scenE’ = -E) (GOATEE) is pointedly hairy (GOATEE)
25 Student (NOVICE) of The Apprentice (NOVICE),
27 Small chunk (NUB) of characters aboard main U-boat (characters aboard ‘maiN U-Boat’ = NUB),
29 A growing concern (CROP) picked up (= reverse indicator) by Marcus Porcius Cato (picked up by ‘Marcus PORCius Cato’ = porc = CROP),
30 Some of the mayhem anticipated (some of the ‘mayHEM ANticipated’ = heman = HE-MAN) by tough guy (HE-MAN),
31 Scrutinising shot from the borders (‘SCrutinising shOT’ from the borders = SCOT) produced by one of those at St Andrews (SCOT),
34 A (-A) Scott Joplin style of music (rag = -GAR-) from America (-A-) that’s popular (in = NI-) with all the characters, rises (= reverse all indicator) (NIAGARA) and falls (NIAGARA Falls),
35 New (= anagram indicator) satire (satire = ARTIS-E) about time (-T-) (ARTISTE) with theatrical professional (ARTISTE),
36 Mad (TOUCHED) Max (Max) taking heart (heart/centre) (centre of ‘mAx’ = A) from a number of notes (CHORD) (TOUCHED A CHORD) triggered emotional response (TOUCHED A CHORD).
Down:
2 Ring (O-) is (-IS-) taken in by sect (cult = -CUL-T) (OCULIST) – the one specialising in visions? (OCULIST),
3 Helpful hints (clues) left out (l) (‘clues’ without ‘l’ = CUES) for the snooker players to pick up (CUES),
4 Employed in the production of petroleum (OCTANE) once at (once at) Shell (= anagram indicator) (once at = OCTANE),
5 It (it) reflects (= reverse indicator) (it = TI-) cider producer (apple) losing the head (a) (‘apple’ without ‘a’ = -PPLE) (TIPPLE) from drink (TIPPLE),
6 Over (= reverse indicator) river (River Lee = EEL-) with small (-S) (EELS) and long fish (EELS),
7 Neighbours (UK-) took off (-RA-N-) around island (-I-) to Spain (-I) (UKRAINE), a European country (UKRAINE),
8 Leaving an impression (TOUCHING) on State (= homophone indicator) detected (‘seen’ = ‘SCENE’) (TOUCHING SCENE’) in moving picture (TOUCHING SCENE),
9 At a stretch, exercise (TOUCH ONE’S TOES) to make contact with (TOUCH) individuals (ONE’S) with little piggies (TOES) (TOUCH ONE’S TOES),
14 Nutcase (CRANIUM) in Central Synod (central ‘syNod’ = -N-) in Curia (Curia) misinterpreted (= anagram indicator) (Curia = CRA-IU-) tip from monsignor (tip from ‘Monsignor’ = -M) (CRANIUM),
16 Sounds (= homophone indicator) popular (‘popular’ = ‘poplar’ = ASPEN tree) in skiing mecca (ASPEN),
18 Soldier on, dismissing lies (‘soldier on’ dismissing ‘lies’ = odron = DONOR) of supporter (DONOR),
20 Article (THE) by schoolmaster with no classroom (‘schoolmaster’ with no ‘classroom’ = the = THE),
21 Storage space (BIN) in minibus (in ‘miNIBus’ = nib) coming back (= reverse indicator) (nib = BIN),
24 A (A-) part of an unfinished (l) recording of singer (vocal) (‘vocal’ without ‘l’ = -VOCA-) by engineer (-DO) (AVOCADO) – the green type that’s stoned (AVOCADO),
26 One of eight mouthy types (INCISOR tooth) of Victorians rejected VAT (‘Victorians’ rejected ‘vat’ = icorins = INCISOR),
27 Type of music (NEW AGE) produced by Egan (Egan = N- AGE) consuming a fair amount of (half) weed (half of ‘WEed’ = we = -EW) that’s going around (= reverse indicator) (NEW AGE)
28 Unmanageable without legume (‘unmanageable’ without ‘legume’ = nanaab = BANANA) or fruit (BANANA),
32 Soft white-grey material (TALC) buried by Oriental cockroach (buried by ‘orienTAL Cockroach’ = TALC),
33 Make an impression (ETCH) on both sides of Ethiopian Church (on both sides of ‘EThiopian churCH’ = ETCH).