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24a George 1 vacuously discusses hypothetical figures. ?eoi??
geoids ??
32a Lecture wrong old man about interrupting witness.
s???o???e. sermonise ??
28d Independent country once banning minute plant.
??ea?ia
25d Gutted dace, fish extinct in Scotland. ?e??
33d Six - not nine - learned to climb round clock. ??ee?o
speedo. ??

25d, "deid" is dead in Scotland.
Gutted "d(ac)e" with "id", a fish.

33, Nine is lX.
So, six not nine is "s(IX)", learned is "deep", reversed, round is "o".
Speedo is a clock.

George 1 is Geo 1.
Vacuously discusses is "d(iscusse)s",
Giving "geoids"

32, Sermonise.
Se rM o nis e.
Witness is "see".
Wrong is "sin".
Old is "o"
Man is "Mr"

28, if you have an error, could be,
Independent is "free".
Country once banning minute "Sia(m)"
Freesia ?

28 Olearia, plant - can't remember the parsing (if I had any!)

Rusty, as you probably know... your Freesia was correct! I had one letter wrong in my grid and lead myself astray.

Hello, Malone!
No, I did not know!
I don't have the puzzle, just tried to fathom the clues that were posted.
Freesia looked good though!

It's definitely correct, Rusty - and you parsed it beautifully too!