Cryptic #76 - by Symptomatic

Across 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

1 Flash flood (4) 9

3 I heard Eastern
10 11
European friend
dropping first
beat (10)
12 13
10 On garbled
oration (7) 14

11 Strands of one 15 16 17
colour -
Schwarzkopf's 18 19
first (7)
20 21 22 23
12 Listen another
way to sounds 24

(6) 25 26 27
13 A bird on fire,
symbolic of a 28

circle (8) 29 30
15 Leader told a
poem about...
about a boat (7) 31 32
16 Tie for king in
unearthly
condition (6)
18 First shot of 31 Oscar won by 6 Disheartened starters (with a
drink gathered Nine Owls Maori master of blackberry
(3) remake actor instrument (7) finish) (3,5)
20 Upset this (4,6) 7 It originally 21 Cockney's wise-
conventionm and 32 Isolated vinyl started thin, but spoken about
you're treated as noise sample, has disappeared hair on the face
a criminal (6) played recently (5) (7)
22 Virtuous backwards (4) 8 Base built 23 Virginia lingo is
students? (7) around small stupid (6)
Down tyrant (6)
25 Aired out small 24 Very quickly
abayas inside, 1 Storm towards a 9 Jerk summons empty kettle
perhaps (1,7) group of miners man (6) early on (6)
(3,5)
27 Mark, a sailor 14 Fell onto a kind 26 An article with a
important to the 2 Latest lie: of road in New key passage (5)
Egyptians (6) "Building a Zealand, broke 28 Man drunk after
space station" (9) fifth bone (10)
29 Different results the first two (4)
from different 4 Cut tip off plant 17 Leo loses pound
polishes (7) to make a whistle after agreement
(4) heard typically in
30 Port with
stronger flavour 5 Happy Europe (9)
(7) commander on 19 She serves a
the field in small, honey-
northern baked apple-
Australia (10) rhubarb tart for