Enigmatic Variations No. 1564: Two Missing by Piccadilly

Hi all (if anyone is left).

The preamble:

Clues are presented in conventional order but with TWO MISSING.  Clues comprise a definition of the answer, a jumble of its letters beginning at the beginning or ending at the end of a word but not overlapping with the definition, and another word which can appear anywhere in the clue.  Solvers should take one letter from these words, the position of the letter corresponding to the position of the word in the clue.  These letters provide the TWO MISSING clues.  Chambers Dictionary (2016) is recommended; one answer is an abbreviation.

I like a bit of variety so enjoyed the puzzle as something a bit different.  I’m this at anagrams, so initially approached feeling it might take a lot of tedious grinding out, but fortunately it all came together remarkably quickly.  Placing the answers in the grid didn’t pose a problem; early identification of 34a helped.  I was grateful for the nice short clues which made the blog less of a chore to write up than it has been since the Telegraph stopped making the EV available in a sensible format (as a result of which, on non-blogging days I’ve now decided to go elsewhere for my thematic barred-puzzle fix).

In the grid and clues below I’ve included the numbering for ease of reference.  The clues to the TWO MISSING, 18a and 22d, are formed of the letters generated from the other clues.  I can’t see any reason for the words chosen or their placement, but it must be hard enough to get it all to work as it is.  Thanks Piccadilly!

And thanks as ever to mc_rapper for his part in making this blog possible.