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Tales from the Cryptic 2 Crossword Puzzle

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More devilish clues, wordplay and sneaky tricks for cryptic crossword enthusiasts and other masochists.
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      Across
      1. Arty bachelor married with a haunting refrain in tall grass (6)
      4. Ban evil overseas island (8)
      9. Heard it's not me, it's ... a farm animal (3)
      10. Space people large of nose (5)
      11. Zygote's infernal regions in fragile containers (9)
      12. Loving couple part of a list (4)
      13. Breaking promise by cracking inner egg (8)
      15. Different patches of carrot here (5)
      16. Eliminate a sick horse with an itch (7)
      19. Unable to speak as a chip is cooked (7)
      23. Bird making peace runs into English port (5)
      24. Elevated plans - they blow things up! (8)
      27. A great aid to a frontiersman lacking energy (4)
      28. Dead monkey (of sorts) found on the bottom of the sea (4, 5)
      30. Alphabet summarised by three leaders of technical civilisation (5)
      31. Horse virus acquired with ease by the sound of it (3)
      32. A long-running battle? (8)
      33. More than one unexpected result brings one to tears (6)

      Down

      1. Good French sacks burnt for fun (8)
      2. Cotton cloth ruined in slum (6)
      3. Peep upwards and yearn for shape (6)
      4. VIPs and others with swollen heads might need these? (7)
      5. Giant monster may act like a male member of the Lepidoptera (8)
      6. Gobsmack a patch of seaweed (3)
      7. Gives pleasure but is terribly slighted (8)
      8. Nurse a nun (6)
      14. Large cricket body gains one millilitre (3)
      17. Orbiter designed to shoot multiple projectiles (8)
      18. Make brute jot down a powerful engine (8)
      20. Detachable vessel gets many whales (3)
      21. Because short fires make East European soldiers (8)
      22. Prison term for a long time after dropping manure (7)
      23. Ammunition for a moron (6)
      25. Muddled vampire I removed to renovate (6)
      26. Fluorine replaced top of stinging plant for condition of health (6)
      29. Affirmative formal consent (3)