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Eight clued words have a mangled creature removed before entry in the grid.

So far I have taken out (anagrams of 2 rats one bird and one mouse from various answers before entry) so 4 more to find with only a few in NW & SE corners to go in.....

33d Perform endlessly Shetland violin with two notes - annoying! (5)
P?A??
pla(y) could be perform endless
gue is the shetland violin with 2 notes...........but how to put them together to make "annoying" ??

11a BBC One release (6) ?????E 4th letter possibly T

13a First he goes crazy about independence, then more evasive (4)

11 Auntie, BBC. (A/one+ Untie/release.)

I can't help with any of the thematic stuff, sorry!

Thanks malone!

33. You are so nearly there. Plaguesome, pla(y) + gue + so + me.
13 again thematic, anagram of "first he" round I (independence)

Pleased to see confirmation that two of the prey are duplicated.

Thanks ginge - another mouse then! Just realised the gue has 2 strings not 2 notes!!

13 yes i see the 8 letter answer, but what's the mangled animal?

Ah - didn't realise that the mangled animal could come at the front.(So far they were all inside!)

1st 4 letters.

1a Augustus applies unstable salve for displacement conditions (4) ???S
43a Henry's game for playing structure bending one way (4) HA?E

How many "different" animals are there please?

Hi kirky, 6 different animals, 2 duplicated.
Both clues are thematic.
1. Shortened form of Augustus in an anagram of salve.
43. Anagram of "H" + game for.

Hope this helps.