ACROSS

1 Edward and Edwina together at the same school. [5]

3 One of two who made twice shortened

reactor core blow up. [2-7]

8 Blackout, luck out, put 150 back and process metal. [6]

9 Company provided tonsure. [4]

10 Firm pick to bring on board. [2-3]

12 A portion of his suet pudding was the topic of debate. [5]

14 A group in company marching backwards to offensive engagement. [5]

16 Enter L.A. and find it much like heaven. [7]

17 Patio section his daughter raced around. [7]

20 Reportedly, the cochairman in the absence of the aviator was the tutor. [5]

22 Subside together noisily. [4]

23 To top up with a single penny would be a motivator. [4]

25 Insure minus five plus one hundred and one working used to persuade. [8]

26 Disgust after first shooting makes a volatile element. [6]

28 The city where there's no love for the clumsy Acme Company. [5]

30 Minds used poorly cause turbidity. [9]

32 They say if you are going to point out the general's mistakes, you had better do it properly. [9]

DOWN
1 Like a dunce's cap 100 is in; short and to the point. [7]

2 With 100, a segment sometimes used in

obstetrical emergencies. [7]

3 A horse made from 8 without a computer key. [3]

4 Remembering not about gathering. [10]

5 Hidden by trees the best route angles toward a culinary delight. [5]

6 Told to take in a sail to get a ship ready to go to sea again. [5]

7 Work together like the barrel maker devoured. [9]

11 It's difficult when love is involved to keep things for one's self. [5]

13 Seal Moors in the locus of buying and selling. [9]

14 Company marching backwards to a famous offensive group. [5]

15 From quiet contact... yada, yada, yada. [3]

18 Listen, I was with my wife in the narrow lane next to the museum when it happened.

[5]

19 Pea claims might provide just the kind of emergency two referred to. [9]

21 Once the variable was removed the eyechart revealed an area of land. [7]

23 Charge the back section of a mechanical lift. [4]

24 A dozen celestial  connect-the-dot  puzzles with prophetic import. [6]

25 He used part of the firm's sound system to make sure the people at the back got the joke. [5]

27 Mildly lose fifty grand speculating in this way. [4]

29 A ride that'll get ya to someplace in Tabacca Road. [3]

31 Go out with Edith Brown's boys for starters. [3]