(18a) Best of form? A plus by any standard! (5, 2, 3, 5) ?I?S? IN THE ?L?S?.
(27d) ...two characters would be acceptable, but four will make it all right. (4) O?A?....
(14d) Immediately likes what grabs a couple, by the sound of it! (5, 2) TA?E? ?O.
(35a) To start with, Adele gets a German (yes!) to kiss a Greek hero. (4) A?A?....
(20d) Gather together. (7) ??L????.
(25d) A person's face, with reference to the form or proportions of the features. (6) V????E.
(27a) Nuisance, annoyance. (6) ?A????....
(16d) It's blooming not in the garden! (5, 5.) ?O??? ??A?T.
(23a) Peasants upset an umpire on board. (5) ??R?S.
(26a) One appears less colourful, friend, beside the British monarch. (5) ??L?R....
(26a) Stop giving support to Kildare! (5) B?A?E.
(31d) Looks like she performed, love, to get Carthage started. (4) ?I?O.
(35a) Consider a Leinster river first? Grand then. (4) D?E?....
(10a) Push back quietly during a dance. (5) R?P?L.
(18d) Military leader found on a missile? (7) ????E?D.
(20a) .... as the Stones ring Father near Laois. (5) O???S....
(2d) Behind the toilet you'll find relatives to investigate! (4, 4) L?O? I??O. (46a) A floozy finds the cardinal an instrument. (8) S?R???E?. (53d) One may have been diverted by this-last month, near...