“In ‘34 28 24’, wordplay yielded by clues either includes an extra letter not entered in the grid (16) or ignores a letter in the entered answer (15). In clue order these letters spell out what must appear in the perimeter reading clockwise, starting at cell 31. Chambers Dictionary (2016) is recommended.”
34 28 24 is POLISH FILM DIRECTOR
The extra/missing letters spell TITLE’S NAME TITLES OF HIT WAR TRILOGY
The perimeter reads ANDRZEJ WAJDA – A GENERATION, KANAL, ASHES AND DIAMONDS
Please post a comment if the explanations are not clear.
| Across | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| T | 9 | Plant TRIAL* [abandoned] [in] AA (Rock) (6) | ARALIA |
| I | 10 | {TIE WON}* [easily] [following] O (ordinary) football manoeuvre (6) | ONE-TWO |
| T | 11 | WA (Washington) R (republican) and DR (doctor) TUM (stomach) threat of open hostility (7, two words) | WAR DRUM |
| L | 12 | Addicted G (German) LIVEN (to become active) (5) | GIVEN |
| E | 15 | THE (Our facetious) poet’s not strict (4) | ETHE |
| S | 16 | [Fussy] ANTI |
SENORITA |
| N | 17 | ZEN (Branch of Buddhism)’S [capturing] AL ([heart of] |
ZEALS |
| A | 20 | Loaded dice once left by us in |
TALL MEN |
| M | 22 | Lamb perhaps READ* [up] [about] E (energy) [and] T (surface tension) (7, two words) | RED MEAT |
| E | 23 | SIN (Offence) [by] A city in Italy (5) | SIENA |
| T | 26 | TOIL (Work hard) [on] N (new) separated wool (4) | NOIL |
| I | 31 | < ELIA (Essayist) [backing] Scottish lass (5) | AILIE |
| T | 32 | Once again digests RECTO (front page) DE (of French) S (section) (7) | RECODES |
| L | 33 | SAUT (Glaswegian sailor) [joining] S (special) forces in Canada (6) | SAULTS |
| Down | |||
| E | 1 | Approach DR (driver) [with] AWE (great fear) (4) | DRAW |
| S | 2 | O ASAR (Banks) and G H (Henry) (5) | AARGH |
| O | 3 | A (One) OLD (familiar) [with] HELM (direct) Anglo-Saxon scholar (7) | ALDHELM |
| F | 4 | G (Government) L (lecturer) [taking in] FIR (evergreen) maidservant (4) | GIRL |
| H | 5 | One names N (northern) HO (house) MINOR (junior) [to adopt] AT (appropriate technology) (9) | NOMINATOR |
| I | 6 | Elizabethan locks up A (academician) [wearing] ENG (English) OILS (waterproof clothing) (7) | ENGAOLS |
| T | 7 | Brushwood in REST (places) [about] I (India) (4) | REIS |
| W | 8 | Post a comment ‘TEE (Support) T (Thailand)’ (5) | TWEET |
| A | 13 | MISTREAT* [broken] bones (9) | METATARSI |
| R | 14 | Ice IE (that’s) [covering] M (motorway) (4) | RIME |
| T | 18 | Poet’s parched TRY (essay) [beneath] AD (advert) (4) | ADRY |
| R | 19 | C (Catholic) [in] SE (Home Counties) < ATE (worried) [about] hormones perhaps (7) | SECRETA |
| I | 21 | City NCO (sergeant perhaps) [joining] LL (lines) [supported by] N (navy) (7) | LINCOLN |
| L | 25 | II (Roman couple) [meeting] A N (nationalist) Trojan (5) | ILIAN |
| O | 27 | I DIA |
OIDIA |
| G | 29 | < [Rampant] DOGE (Venetian magistrate) [interrupted by] C (cold) old-timer’s oath (4) | ECOD |
| Y | 30 | Fewer L (Liberal) YES’S affirmative votes (4) | LESS |
| J | D | A | A | G | E | N | E | R | A | T | I |
| A | R | A | L | I | A | O | N | E | T | W | O |
| W | A | R | D | R | U | M | G | I | V | E | N |
| J | W | G | H | L | M | I | A | S | R | E | K |
| E | T | H | E | S | E | N | O | R | I | T | A |
| Z | E | A | L | S | T | A | L | L | M | E | N |
| R | E | D | M | E | A | T | S | I | E | N | A |
| D | I | R | E | C | T | O | R | N | O | I | L |
| N | L | Y | F | R | A | R | E | C | I | L | A |
| A | I | L | I | E | R | E | C | O | D | E | S |
| S | A | U | L | T | S | P | O | L | I | S | H |
| D | N | O | M | A | I | D | D | N | A | S | E |
7 down : I think the definition is “Brushwood in places”. The wordplay being : RE (about) + I (India) with an extra S not mentioned in the wordplay.