November 2025 Slot 1 (Snail Fun) by KB

All solutions are of a type and begin with the final letter of the preceding solution. Length inicators are for the full solution. Clues in italics are cryptic(ish).

1Type of Australian grass (9)
2The plane crashed (8)
3Ancient military formation (8)
4Loosely chained (7)
5First in the dictionary (8)
6Australian heraldic supporter (8)
7Tree dweller (7)
8Employ in fashion gear occasionally (5,4)
9Type of beetle (10)
10Hide away (8)
11Self-satisfied scavenger (8,5)
12Yes, Captain! (3-3)
13Aquatic mammal (5,4)
14Sign on American partner (7)
15Cheat (5)
16Endless fruit to leaderless country (5,4)
17Talk to Jill’s companion (10)
18Whim of a jovial old uncle, initially (8)
19British heraldic supporter (7)
20Ran back to tailless mammal (7)
21Female with pride? (7)
22Welsh, changing hands energetically (5)
23Veldt inhabitant (10)
24Greatest of all time in the Himalayas (4)
25Just huge! (5,5)
26Not me, we hear! (3)
27Adornment to ceremonial robes (6)
28Silicon Valley? (5)
29Arabian cargo carrier (9)
30Bark well (5)
31Not really a bear (5)
325 – not one either! (3,4)
33Talk at length (6)
34Bright burner in forest? (5)
35Returning sailor (3)
36Wannabe 17? (7)

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