Across | 1 | Bird feeding on nectar etc following humbler spirit (12) | 10 | Combative horsewoman - one in middle of road jarred badly (11) | 11 | Old-style bank manager, mature, not without heart (5) | 12 | Special display in gallery of some early Chinese art (5) | 14 | Offenders were locked in this prison, little good following (4) | 15 | What Gordon uses for grating some Maris Pipers? (4) | 17 | Even the old woman gets this undignified treatment (5) | 18 | Preview broadcast free, so start of excerpt follows (7) | 19 | Flat cap, reverse of boring, rant cast aside (5) | 21 | Scotch everyone? Here's one with fullness of flavour (5) | 23 | Hornblende, usually long in place (7) | 25 | Line tucking into Japanese dish? Not I - it's gooey and unappetizing (5) | 29 | Next in line? His Excellency introduces those to HQ (4) | 30 | V, a sign with no hint of subtlety when taken the wrong way (4) | 31 | Holy state the hadji finds himself in one hour before noon (5) | 32 | What diva doesn't hear at La Fenice, support attending her reduced by 50%? (5) | 33 | Trash includes one outstanding example after tired old material (11) | 34 | 'Wreathèd horn'? Pulls the term to pieces (12,2 words) |
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Down | 1 | Break - first sign of rupture, in truth (5) | 2 | One with a will almost running without a break (6) | 3 | Wild dingo we gassed in his home? (7) | 4 | Record number of contestants (5) | 5 | Recipe restricting disease in horses, 'erefrom becoming lively again? (12) | 6 | Weed having equal value with reed? Awful tripe (12,2 words) | 7 | Priestly Jew, man in study (5) | 8 | Ideal comment coming up, astringent (8) | 9 | Buy and sell quickly, as once, say cutting v-value (7) | 13 | Greek location, or one in Alaska? Not so - Maine (4) | 16 | Rage about form of dismissal (that's me dismissed, twice) - fancy frills (8) | 18 | Right-winger, nippy, going outside, cutting inside not on (7) | 20 | Complete gateway with woody tissue starting to form on inner edge (7) | 22 | 'Bunk' businessman labelled all history initially (4) | 24 | Stirrer hit out over raising of tax endlessly (6) | 26 | Butter improves Marmite sandwiches (5) | 27 | Carriages: such you'd see as a BR train (5) | 28 | Climbing bird circles start of nest forming lump in tree (5) |
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