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Ah, thanks unclued.

I have completed the puzzle but have been unable to work out the wordplay for 33 down, though I am in no doubt about the answer. In 37 down the last 3 words seem redundant. Am I missing something?

Escuan - to get your answer you moved 'sun' to the end. Move it back to the beginning & look up resulting word in Chambers.

Still puzzled about 18a. I don't have access to the full print version of Chambers and no online sources give me a definition for what the wordplay seems to lead to - JPEN, as suggested above. Been searching for ages. Can anyone confirm that it's actually a word?

J-pen (Chambers)

n - a pen with a short broad nib

Ixion, may I ask you what YOU think about that problem discussed but not of course solved on AB concerning how to enter the one of those 4 words in the grid: are you for treating it like the other three, or do you think we're really meant to enter it in the way indicated by the nearest adjective in the verse? I value your opinion: hoping for advice on the AB thread is of course a waste of time!

Thank you, ixion. Much appreciated. When I'm feeling flush I may actually have to buy the latest full Chambers.

I don’t understand why “word pairs” initially observable. I can see some words that initially make sense but that is all.

As you go down "those" initials you will see the words of the couplet in pairs of anagrams

True. Thanks sudokulover!