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This was Araucaria's, from Wednesday, I think.
I found it really hard, even when I saw the answers!
Did it fox any of you adept cruciverbalists?

I found it tough but satisfying. I thought that there were enough non-theme clues and crossing letters to get a glimpse of the theme, which I did have to google for the full quotation. Last one in was 14d, which I didn't know, but was fairly clued. My favourite clue was 4a: Playwright turned inside out by elements of former problem with Iceland (6) It didn't help that for a while I had 5d as HAVERING, and assumed that the Icelandic problem involved ASH...

Thank you, Bullfrog.
I enjoyed 1d and 24a (I often find the Spoonerisms very hard to get but fun when got).
I may need to revisit the rest and write out the quotation in full to understand it.
Thanks again for your reply.