It is interesting to go back so far. This puzzle has a number of old favourites (how often have I clued CTENE or ETUI?) as well as a couple of odd clue-types: one has wordplay + 2 definitions, another a definition + two lots of wordplay (I don’t do either of these very often). There’s also an alternate letter clue, another rarity for me. And I do actually rather like the grid design.
ACROSS
1 MARCH-TREASON; anag.
10 ORATORIO; a in ort or 10
11 LICE; C in lie
12 ECONOMICS; E + on(e) in comics
13 EBONY; OBE (rev.) + NY
14 DAVIT; da vit(e)
17 SKER; (ta)sker
19 GRECIAN; ice (rev.) in gran
20 BREN; 2 mngs.
21 RUDE; d in rue
22 SCORING; sc. 0 ring
25 PEAK; 2 mngs.
27 BIELD; el in bid
29 QUELL; Qu ell
31 BALLPOINT; ball + point
32 ETUI; hidden
33 MONGOLIC; anag. + c
34 REINVIGORATE; anag. in RE
DOWN
1 MONEY-GRUBBER; anag. + rubber
2 ARAB; bar a (all rev.)
3 RAZOR-EDGE; i.e. zo Red in rage
4 CTENE; c tene
5 TROIKA; Tro(y) I ka
6 RING; hidden & 2 mngs.
7 ALMAH; ham la (all rev.)
8 OCCIDENT; O (a)ccident
9 NESTING-PLACE; anag.
15 VARICELLA; I cell in vara(n)
16 CRUCIATE; I in cat in crue
17 SIMP; hidden
18 ROOK; R 0-0 K
23 CAVING; vin in ca G
24 ALL IN; a + nill (rev.)
26 TUTOR; t in rout (rev.)
28 MOOI; moo I + mo + io (rev.)
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