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In case anyone else gets stuck on 34 (took me a long time to work this one out), the 'confusedly' refers to the dictionary definition on an old word/wrong word for ambassador. 7 requires rugby knowledge. Terrible theme. A nonsense quotation, though the originator tried her damnedest to make it come true...

My last solves were our 'enry at 12 and the Dutch money at 5. As I have mentioned here before I am getting tired of the "wordplay contains one extra letter etc etc....." theme. Not my favourite puzzle and I know nothing about rugby so guessed 7. At least there is no ambiguous ending this week! I think the Listener editors must be extremely embarrassed with all of the allowable alternatives recently.

The Dante puzzle was a shocker...on this puzzle the setter might easily have used "Society stands dissolved..." which was more elegant and from the beginning of a letter by Lalor to the 'Nation' from over 100 years earlier. Funny that this puzzle's originator should have chosen to imitate, in a poor way, the quotation of such a gifted Irishman !

Definitely finding this one harder than other people seem to be. I would really just want to ask to confirm that 17d is NOT envoyship, which was my first thought. and to ask for a nudge to 19ac.
Thank you,
Simon

17d isn't envoyship

19a- drunk is definition. Bled is run in the wordplay

Thank you. that is all done now.
Simon

Quite pleasant if not truly taxing. Not sure about the parsing of 34a once bear(i)ng omitted but it may not matter!

rickye - it's a 7 letter old & mistaken word for ambassador followed for a 4 letter word for bearing but minus the 'I', all contained in an abbreviation for between.

Thanks a lot!

Can anyone give a gentle nudge for 2dn? It is completely stumping me