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Rather late, but anyone still there!? SOS for 18d please.

audi-en------cia = government court
car w(en)t spies

Thanks. I'm kicking myself.

Monday is late? It's early for me.

I thought this was rather clever. Agreed, it had a lot to live up to, but I was impressed the way the theme did not jump out quickly considering how obvious it would be if you knew the words. Anyway, I'm actually a wee bit confused on 32d. I cant work out the actual answer and I have all the others in the theme. I know what it represents, but that leaves me with 3x 4 letter word options (not long enough) and 1x5 letter word option which does not have an O in it, which I have as the last letter. It does not help that I dont have 24, 30 (a possible ending HE) and 39 and it did not help at all that I had PARESIS for so long! But I cant see what else it can be beginning with PAG. Maybe I have 31d wrong...........

Nudge on any one of them please

32d is a word for a Shah

Wordplay is a one letter abbreviation for Has

and a 6 letter word for spoils (as in spoils of war) with the 2 letter country code for Turkey removed at the front of that word.

It is then jumbled and does end in O.

I'm not sure why you abandoned PARESIS, rrrobbo. Perhaps you need to look again at 31d

I can see it might be a little auk-ward if you don't have 30a, though

Doh! I did have that Awkward flyer, but could not commit to it with the others I had. The data source I used for checking had the last letter of 32d needing an I and not an O. I now see the dual spellings.

All good now. Thanks for the push over the line.

PS. I lived in Sweden for 5 years next door to the Swedish guy who played the cartoon character out there. Lovely man, darling wife. Sadly died a couple of years ago after we had left Sweden. Happy reminder of some lovely memories.

Much later than anyone else, I am stuck on :
6A Tipple from drink, before travelling west.
16D Sailors on island stifled by heat of volcanic opening.
25D Vacant gaze disturbs brilliant old actor.
I think a couple of them may be jumblies.
Very grateful for any hints.
Thanks.