Exchange II by Regson


The wordplay in each clue indicates a single extra letter which is not entered in the grid. In clue order, these letters give an instruction to be followed by solvers after they have exchanged the characters in two diagonally opposite cells.
Across

1  Rations for the strange monkey (5)
5  Aged spy in network (6)
10 Fruit for a fool in New Zealand academy (5)
11 Beginning to upset the painters organs (5)
12 Therapist taking Ulster rule causes mirth in Perth (5)
14 Left two fish behind silver goddess (6)
15 Cargo leaving hotel in Ayr. It’s an omen (5)
16 Clasp old crispy pancake (4)
19 Heads of prize birds (6)
20 Reciters of poems mutilate other media (9)
23 Retired engravers depressed silver screw (6)
26 Golfer’s handle (4)
27 Vessels in Eastern Sweden – there is no alternative (5)
28 An Oxford father’s sheep (6)
32 Daughter of goblin eats chocolate éclair at first (5)
33 Showing malice without detailed thought (5)
34 Hotel’s side chimney opening (5)
35 Poirot perhaps wields sword in tent (6)
36 Run after seven odd people (5)

Down

1  Fake dancing tzarevnas leaving Vietnam (6)
2  Tawny brown rotten seaweed (4)
3  Plant a fish upside down (4)
4  All eyes in Ayr become weary (6)
5  Topless girl pursues mature American ox (5)
6  Smuggle some lavender sunsuits (3)
7  Ivan chases the old engineers in capital city (7)
8  Iron sometimes employed by a German golfer (5)
9  Food for Star Wars aliens (5)
13 They attach birds around Australia (5)
17 Plant petty officer on moor (7)
18 Two short boys coming and going for staff of officials (5)
21 Symbolic ice for top of refreshing drink (6)
22 A deer is eating dead snakes (6)
23 Inspiring principle is in refined man (5)
24 Expiate now (5)
25 Once eager woman leaves to form coils (5)
29 God led us astray (4)
30 Top ace advanced in aeroplane perhaps (4)
31 Go in awe secretly (3)

To enter this competition, send your entry as an image or in list format, with an explanation of the finale, to quiz.man@ntlworld.com before the 8th April 2014. The first correct entry drawn from the hat will receive a book from the Chambers range which has been donated by Chambers.