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33a Department orderly put forward coloured textiles (5) ?I??? "E" has been removed

22d Fume about propping alien up, which is productive (6) T?E???
ends in U or C , "L" has been removed

Hi Scarlett,
33a. Usual abbreviation for department after 4 letter synonym for orderly, e removed twice.
22d. Fume* after usual abbreviation for alien reversed. Missing letter would follow.

thanks ginge ... i have 22d now and "see it"
for 33a i have tidys ... presumably tiedyes are the coloured textiles
but i do not see the department abbrev ??

scarlett, S should be a D. tiedyed.

Thank you Nelson for making me delve into Chambers more throughly.
I still need a bit more help before I go cross eyed.
32a: acquire formula to bottle revolutionary unnatural radioactive element. (I have I?RI? With an M missing
26d: Irish animal in Costa Rica ran after urchins primarily (I have ? RA?R {T missing)

32a fer m iu m

26d cr a t ur

Big thank you!

13a Conservative in India to advance occasionally in a stately manner. (4) INC? E is deleted.

Hi xwordfan, c in ind, Inc(e)d(e).

Many thanks ginge ... should have realised 2 "E"s were involved!