Highest quality as usual
Across
1 Irritation about good dog pinching my waste disposal device BILGE PUMP
G (good) in BILE (irritation) M (my) in PUP (dog)
7 Complexity in heart of dummy whist MUM (quiet) ([d]UMM[y])*
10 A region, even though twice curtailed &lit AREA A REA[lm] (region)
11 Collar head of organisation behind African capital RABATO
RABAT (African capital) O[rganisation]
12 American gun company invested in circular moulding ROSCOE
CO (company) in ROSE (circular moulding)
14 Saint John of Eastern Europe? SLAV S (saint) LAV (john)
17 Punch for Australian party’s no good DONG DO (party) NG (no good)
18 Cattle disease: address fever besetting 100 WOODEN TONGUE
WOO (address) TON (100) in DENGUE (fever)
19 Mostly stick close to one in danger descending from peak PERICLINAL
CLIN[g] (mostly stick close) A (one) in PERIL (danger)
21/33 Eve of exhibition? Nightfall, say, is about right VARNISHING-DAY
R (right) in VANISHING DAY (nightfall say)
24 Anglican, say, disturbed by i.e. papal icons EPISCOPALIAN
(IE PAPAL ICONS)*
26 Fellow getting round with roller MANO MAN (fellow) O (round)
28 Girl expected to lose heart LILY LIKELY (expected) minus heart KE
29 Match official tucking into light meal? That’s not allowed TEREFA
REF (match official) in TEA (light meal)
31 Woman left to occupy US city without upset EVENLY
EVE (woman) L (left) in NY (New York)
32 Expert regarding the monarch ONER ON (regarding) ER (monarch)
34 Link up string binding chicken HYPHENATE
HEN (chicken) in HYPATE (string)
Down
1 Preclude fish anecdote from Scot BAR triple definition
2 Shortened club puts down African trees IROKOS
IRO[n] (club shortened) KOS (knock outs – puts down)
3 Boy avoiding tutorials? Not so much LESS LESSONS minus SON (boy)
4 Riles acolyte, manoeuvring with secrecy ESOTERICALLY
(RILES ACOLYTE)*
5 Need prison turned over to find drug PREDNISONE (NEED PRISON)*
6 Trees uprooted in lea – come again MAGNOLIACEAE (LEA COME AGAIN)*
7 Foul lying may, repeatedly detracting the same character MALIGN
(LYING MAY)* minus 2Ys
8 State under the American hegemony, principally UTAH first letters (principally)
9 Pink Panther actor upset about life in France and Hollywood MOVIELAND
VIE (life in French) in LOM< (Herbert Lom upset) AND
13 Church in stew over church confusion HOTCHPOTCH
CH (church) in HOTPOT (stew) CH (church)
15 Span increased, with four coming in SWIVELLED (from SPIN)
IV (four) in SWELLED (increased)
16 Poet skipping university for place in Arabia ADEN A[u]DEN (poet)
20 Iron Lady heartless? Entirely INLY I[ro]N L[ad]Y
22 Lines about futile martyr RIDLEY IDLE (futile) in RY (railway lines)
23 Scottish temple hard to move after leader of cult’s deposed HAFFET
H (hard) AFFECT (move) minus C[ult]
25 I’d produce volume in opera, endlessly promoted &lit DIVA
V (volume) in AID[a]<
27 Stern removed from mercenary’s vessel VENA
VENAL (mercenary) minus end letter – stern removed
30 Live produce initially discounted ARE WARE (produce) minus 1st letter
( )* = anagram [ ] = omit < = reverse definitions in bold italics
Two blank unches today. Must try harder. Needed the blog Jed. I concede gracefully to the Evil One.