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Guest compiler Artix provides us with another crossword that should bring back  memories. If you prefer to work on an interactive version or print a pdf of the crossword, click on this link to the Crossword Compiler page.

Across

9/8  Cult British TV show (5,7,6,6)

 10  See 32 down

 11  Member of 9ac 8d (4,6)

 12  A chlorinated hydrocarbon used as an insecticide (6)

 13  Zeno’s painted porch (4)

 15  One suffering from a development disorder (5)

 16  Spanish village famed for its cured ham (6)

 17  Formerly a vessel in the class next to ships of the line (7)

 20  A small muscle of the calf of the leg (9)

 22  In Ancient Greece any public performance but nowadays used for acts of deception (9)

 23  The largest living species of bird (7)

 25  Actor who turned down a knighthood in 2000 (6)

 26  Town in the Runnymede borough of Surrey (5)

 28  Victorian manufacturer of china holiday mementos (4)

 29  The shield-like parts of an insect’s head (6)

 31  A foot of three syllables, one short between two long (10)

 33  A Japanese basketwork palanquin (4)

 34  Member of 9ac 8d (12)

Down

1  One of the three main islands of Malta (4)

2  A division of a poem containing three or more lines (6)

3  Region forming the SE ‘heel’ of Italy (6)

4  Annual horse-race run at Doncaster since 1776 (2,5)

5  Dipterous insect that annoys horses (6-3)

6  The tallest mountain on Tasmania (4)

7  Actress who played the possessed child in ‘The Exorcist’ (5,5)

8  See 9 across

14  Member of 9ac 8d (5,7)

16  See 19 down

18  Aircraft device that warns of too low altitude (10)

19/16 Member of 9ac 8d (5,5)

21  Hotspur’s battle-cry (9)

24  See 28d

27  (Probably) the greatest mustard makers of all time (6)

28/24 Member of 9ac 8d (6,7)

30  Popular WW II radio show (4)

32/10  Member of 9ac 8d (4,4)

Here is last week’s solution. The unclued lights were precious stones (ice).

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