×®ACROSS&DOWNjHF)c+·(61.2c@„p¸ä{BACTERIOLOGIST.O.H.A.R.I.E.E.RHEADSCARF.SOMMEE.P.Y.Q.E.S.A.BMISER.IMPROMPTUI...I...E...H.FAUBADE.MEATLOAF..A.E.V.R.O.R..SIDEREAL.ASCENTE.G...L...C...HCLEVEREST.ALIBIO.R.V.N.E.N.N.SNOISE.CONTINENTD.N.R.I.C.N.R.L.AGATHACHRISTIE--------------.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.----------.------.-.-.-.-.-.-.------.----------...-...-...-.-------.--------..-.-.-.-.-.-..--------.-------.-...-...-...----------.------.-.-.-.-.-.-.------.----------.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.--------------Cryptic Crossword #75Michael Curl© Michael CurlReact badly when embraced by one scientist or another (14)In part of the Czech republic I'm held up by tea (7)A fellow's legs may be protected by these (5)Simple addition in cult film (4,5)Irish terrorists meet queen - one from Baghdad, perhaps (5)Free pile designed for a member of the House of Lords (4,4)Painting surface covered in stages sometimes (5)Signal given more shape at sea (9)Check polish again (6)Capital investment producing hard faces (9)Monsieur is immersed in unspecified French river (5)Scrooge in film is erratic (5)I'm ready to attend university without preparation (9)Gold ordered for a piece of music (6)Bugging two items of personal adornment (9)A rock star baked food ... (4,4)Conductor of opera rising in encore (9)Naval ice breaker in Spanish city (8)... before actual team of stars (8)Not the first time (6)Going up a track (6)This'll sound like a Scottish emblem (7)Empty cell on mountain? Most ingenious! (9)Chris, the tennis player, is always on time (5)A number going to church for fish (5)Excuse for boxer beginning to box on island (5)Sluggish trainer takes part (5)The sound of a piano is excruciating (5)Exercising self-control in Europe, for example (9)This chair is carved in stone for a mystery writer (6,8)75