Matched Set

a cryptic puzzle by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon

Solution
Puzzle grid
A number of clue answers are too long to fit in the diagram, and must have certain letters deleted before entry in the grid. The deleted letters constitute a matched set of a sort. Answers include four proper nouns and, owing in part to the exigencies of this month's theme, a smattering of uncommon words, all of which may be found in Webster's New International Dictionary, second or third edition.

Across

  • 1.
    Woman embracing two-time Moslem (SHIITE)
  • 4.
    Superior welcoming vessel holds hot and cold (hyphenated) (HIGHCLASS)
  • 9.
    Chubby turned weak in ship's bar (TAFFRAIL)
  • 10.
    During endless season, one works (SUMMAE)
  • 11.
    Gunned groups of geese in marsh growth (REVVED)
  • 12.
    Delivery service circles by with shoe parts (UPPERS)
  • 14.
    A quiet man with a quiet pile (two words) (ASHHEAP)
  • 16.
    Stories about great English subjects (LIEGES)
  • 17.
    Stupid dunce I persuade (INDUCE)
  • 19.
    Went off and hesitated? (ERRED)
  • 22.
    Stars upset about Air Force mixups (SATCHEL)
  • 24.
    Oil company, by and by, invested in Time (EXXON)
  • 25.
    Around end of road, wildest twists and turns (TWIDDLES)
  • 27.
    British madman is more heroic (BRAVER)
  • 28.
    Attend to camper in sight (SERVE)
  • 30.
    Pie lying outside a portico (PIAZZA)
  • 31.
    Norm grabs wrong supporter (PILLAR)
  • 32.
    Leaders in zoology answer quiz questions under my infernal tree (ZAQQUM)
  • 33.
    Show the way to grim court (DIRECT)
  • 34.
    Continued to ponder, back in shade (RESUMED)
  • 35.
    Spruces in green spaces (GROOMS)

Down

  • 1.
    Rum was winter drink (two words) (STRAWWINE)
  • 2.
    He's holding a pair of jacks, and trips (HAJJES)
  • 3.
    Tripped, getting caught holding kings (TREKKED)
  • 4.
    Jerk ruined rear section of Machu Picchu (HICCUP)
  • 5.
    Too flashy, like a fish? (GARISH)
  • 6.
    Stick of chewing tobacco to solidify (CUDGEL)
  • 7.
    Young outfits failing Yale test (LAYETTES)
  • 8.
    Churches exist in bottomless pit (ABBEYS)
  • 13.
    Choose Egyptian deity and mythical Greek (ELECTRA)
  • 15.
    Around mid-May, cancel yearbook (ANNUAL)
  • 18.
    Bit of rotten egg that is for Mr. Jackson (REGGIE)
  • 20.
    Dead trees scattered small leaves (DESERTS)
  • 21.
    A scrap one put on top of elephants' trunks (AORTAE)
  • 22.
    Bag with plastic latches (SNAFUS)
  • 23.
    Belief in god is native to those people (THEISM)
  • 26.
    Large stranger is more suspicious (LEERIER)
  • 27.
    Macabre-sounding fair (BAZAAR)
  • 28.
    Holding club, Daisy bashed Moslem bigwig (SAYYID)
  • 29.
    Virginia U. taken in with Latin sucker (VACUUM)