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EV 1218: Really enjoyed this one - well done Stick Insect - we have a three legged rescue cat who performs similarly.

EV 1217: Still struggling in TL & BR hand corners. 8 oo 11 thematics, but still can't get in to clues.
34 What loses at the race meet beneath sufficient power to be effective (5)
32 Glaswegian to serve us first having returned confection (6)
31 Recurrent bolts of lighting, some time ago and whimper (6)
30 Niger importing Scottish wool for bit of Paisley cloth (4)
27 Check early uses badly in second edition? (7)
26 Not quite public and away from an upright position (4)
16 A delightful person egressing in the old Japanese drama (5)
6 One showing raft about Tyne heartlessly, a complete central absence (6)

Any hints with the above appreciated.

27. A four letter word, common in crosswords, for check - drop the last letter+anagram of 'uses'. Second edition is the definition.

34 loser of the race - aesop fable - change the first letter - defn weight in net - missing letter C
32 confection is the defn - think ice cream- starts with su - reverse of us- missing letter N
30 bit of cloth is defn - the scottish wool is the middle 2 letters - this is a THEMATIC one
26 - another THEMATIC one - 5 letter word for public then lose the last letter
16 R is missing - delightful person/darling is the defn (think bees)
31 whimper is the defn - A is extra - synonym for bolts of lightning reversed
6 Te in the middle (tyne heartlessly) - C is extra - a complete central absence is the defn

Thanks Malone & Sudokulover - all done now