36d: Pragmatic criminal in court takes fellow in (10)
???O?A?T?C Looks like UNROMANTIC but can't parse the UNROT.
Need a bit of a leg up on this one. Got me stumped.
Thank you malone and rusty. Appreciate both your posts. rusty obviously understands my slowness to grasp some of the enigmatic references which are now being used. Incidentally I have now come across the "pedants' corner" (note apostrophe) and may find my future attention diverted in that direction.