Well, it seems reasonable to put the thematic material in green. What bothers me principally looking back at this puzzle is the rather casual assumption that people would have known that 1991 was the Year of the Maze, a celebration of things labyrinthine designed to coincide with the anniversary of the UK’s most famous example. I doubt anyone would have come away from the puzzle not thinking ‘Maze’, but there’s still a stretch to confirming the actual theme.
The quote is from Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
ACROSS
1 HEN(S); he n
4 ESCHALOT; anag.
10 (O)BTRUSIVE; tru(e) in anag.
11 MUM(M); 2 mngs.
12 EONS; (pig)eons
14 PAE(AN); pae(lla)
15 FRANC; ran in FC
19 S(A)W-EDGE; ‘s wedge
21 ODENSE; O dense
22 (T)OP GUN; anag. + n
23 NIG(HTS); gin (rev.)
24 (H)OLIST; o list
26 CAN(A)STA; can sta(y)
28 ORA(T)E; 0 + ear (rev.)
31 (W)ITAN; it a N
33 (W)H(A)M; HM
34 FA-LA; a la F (all rev.)
35 REM(IND)I(N)G; rem + (b)ig
36 TOWNLAN(D); own L in tan
37 LADY; hidden rev.
DOWN
2 ELUARD; ar(m) in anag.
3 NAME; an (rev.) + ME
4 EBO(N)IS(T)S; I in E boss
5 STE(Y)S; sets (rev.)
6 CRO(P); CR 0
7 ASS; as S
8 OVEN; ove(r) N
13 GADGIE; I in gadge(t)
16 REPLY; rep-ly
17 REGNAL; Langer (rev.)
18 UN(HAT); un
20 WOOD(WIND); ‘would’
25 SCALED; ca in sled
27 A(D)MIN; Amin
29 RHEO-; initial letters
30 (NAD)A; a
32 TA-TA; tat a
33 (WI)N; n
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