Beelzebub 1234

Delightfully difficult

Across

1 Aim? To be so exclusive? ONE IN A MILLION I (one) in A M (a million)

10 I note woman importing fashionable source of dye INDAMINE

I N (note) IN (fashionable) in DAME (woman)

12 Utter wild words chasing USAF newbie ARRANT

AR (airman recruit) RANT (wild words)

13 Shrub branch divided by recurrent breeze BRIAR AIR< (breeze) in BR (branch)

14 Suggestions about distress bringing in outside pairs in competitions TWO-HORSE RACES

HORS (outside) in WOE (distress) in TRACES (suggestions)

18 Aloe vera not very active in sunken spots AREOLAE (ALOE [v]ERA)*

19 Manufacturer finally linked to some current craze RAMP

[manufacture]R AMP (some current)

21 Old apartment house yielding up second composite plant INULA

INSULA (old apartment house) minus S (second)

22 DNA material on the whole offering no recovery GENE

GENERALLY (on the whole) minus RALLY (recovery)

24 It afflicts firm during sudden increase SCOURGE

CO (firm) in SURGE (sudden increase)

28 Most of the grass – certainly venerable – beginning to threaten equine contest THREE-DAY EVENT

TH (most of the) REED (grass) AYE (certainly) VEN (venerable) T[hreaten]

30 Things I sieve for some ITEMS I TEMS (sieve)

31 Recalled ultimate in sense within pithy comments GNOMAE

[sens]E AMONG< (within recalled)

32 Completed line observed in company stuff  OVERCLOY

OVER (completed) L (line) in COY (company)

33 Punches old drunk woman in Edinburgh gutters FOURPENNY ONES

FOU (drunk) PENNY (woman)  in RONES (Scottish roof-gutters)

Down

1 Leading pair of athletes in double gold? One makes a speech ORATOR

AT[thletes] in OR OR (gold x 2)

2 Individual upset about right line in register ENROL

R (right) in ONE< (individual upset) L (line)

3 US state, I maintained, upset Ohio IDAHO

I HAD< (maintained upset) O (Ohio)

4 Thin material currently used in a rein’s construction NANOWIRE

NOW (currently) in (A REIN)*

5 Possibly first unidentified Lady Mass MISSA (RC) MISS A

6  Introduce, relinquishing power in exchange INTERLAY

INTERPLAY (exchange) minus P (power)

7 Story-teller half-twisted historic bit LIRA LIAR (story-teller) last half switched

8 Wintry sight – one in cold repeatedly entering island in Seine ICICLE

I (one) in CC (cold x 2) in ILE (French for island)

9 Shark: surfacing, flee ocean with one loose NURSE

RUN< (flee up) SEA (ocean) minus A (one)

11 Expressions of praise? Reviews critically holding water PAEANS

EA (water) in PANS (reviews critically)

15 Bird call descended steeply over the pond RINGDOVE

RING (call) DOVE (descended deeply US)

16 Responsiveness in the year during Georgian period REAGENCY

A (anno – in the year) in REGENCY (Georgian period)

17 Vessels stop turning up around customs house YACHTS

CH (customs house) in STAY< (stop up)

20 French actress increased acting with Universal MOREAU (Jeanne)

MORE (increased) A (acting) U (Universal)

23 Putrefies, giving off fluorine compounds ESTERS

[f]ESTERS (putrefies) minus F (fluorine)

24 It’s turned up furlongs and furlongs behind? STIFF &lit a racehorse that is a notably poor bet

ITS< FF (furlongs x 2)

25 Pollarded spruce attached by insects? EATEN NEATEN (spruce topped)

26 Volunteer brought in rings to show round shape OVOLO

VOL (volunteer) in OO (rings)

27 Expert in cycling world in France? DEMON

anagram of MONDE (French for world)

29 Frost upset Arab leader EMIR RIME< (frost upset)

( )* = anagram    [ ] = omit    < = reverse    definitions in bold italics