Couple of unresolved issues at 12across and 24across
( )* = anagram < = reverse [ ] = omitted dd = double definition
Across
2 I chance upsetting one in thrall to worker (skilled builder)
MECHANICIAN (I CHANCE)* in M I AN
11 Arab duplicated some important West African tree
ARAROBA AR AR OBA
12 One Glaswegian repeating name – this name?
ANNE AE NN ???
14 Hydraulic power unit? Unseemly jeer suppressed
WATERJET (JEER)* in WATT
15 Yard of booze not initially satisfying
YUMMY Y [r]UMMY
16 Equip counter with built-in container
FURNISH URN in FISH
17 Hidden hoard remains behind stone
STASH ST ASH
18 Try out a stencil, ignoring outer parts
TASTE ouT A STEncil
19 Chess piece in set cracked being once hit
STROOKE ROOK in (SET)*
23 Very French to constrain river in nozzles
TWYERES WYE in TRES
24 Drunk dodged leaving joint
INKED [l]INKED why L for dodged?
26 Historic award backed by some glitterati
ARETT gliTTERAti<
28 Silly hazard involving uranium and energy
PUERILE U in PERIL E
29 Prince’s friend not offering to stop relationship
RATIO [ho]RATIO hamlet
30 Investigator working to trap director in writing
PRODNOSE (D in ON) in PROSE
31 Watch terms in private schools slip by
ESPY terms = ends of last 4 words
32 Curtain restraint that is black, with rope around
TIEBACK (IE B) in TACK
33 Again picking playing of celeste in operas
RESELECTING (CELESTE)* in RING
Down
1 Orchids? Daughter filling beds with clay mixture for each
LADYSSLIPPER D in LAYS SLIP PER
3 Set aside English ship to receive weapon
EARMARK ARM in E ARK
4 Eats greedily – stomach pain looses power
CRAMS CRAM[p]S
5 Sailor on vessel shifting bow to the rear
ABAFT AB [cr]AFT
6 Old bear around track turning up in the countryside?
NATURE (RUT in EAR)< ear = bear = barley
7 Express leaving awkwardly with scarcely any motion
INERTLY IN [exp] ERTLY
8 Many deaths, note, in the motoring era?
CARNAGE N in CAR AGE
9 Number Ten confused with ethics following article
ANESTHETIC A + (TEN ETHICS)*
10 Hose old flower that is hiding ground in Holland
NETHERSTOCKS STOCK in NETHER[land]S
13 Plump young child, new sure to wriggle – being this?
PUT TO NURSE PUT (N SURE TO)*
20 Change colour of every door , spurning yellow sadly
OVERDYE (EVERY DO)* [or]
21 First, say – degree that’s popular, secured by exam
ORDINAL D IN in ORAL
22 6 hard to be represented as 9?
URETHAN (NATURE H)* anesthetic = number
23 Part of sponge set in trough
TYLOTE LOT in TYE
25 Mass and energy correctly recorded, as in subatomic particle
MESIC M E SIC
27 Interpreter of law to talk at length, wasting time
RABBI RABBI[t]
I think 24 is
[j]INKED
For jink, Chambers has
vi to dodge nimbly; to make a sudden evasive turn (aeronautics).
Thanks Jed and Rishi. Scandalously, I’ve only just got around to polishing this one off. Was beaten by 11ac and also 14ac, though can now see that they make perfect sense, as one expects from Beelzebub.