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7dn is an anagram leading to a foreign phrase - 8dn def is 'of a daily record' - 4 letters scots mud + the usual 3 letters 'relief'/assistance (both inverted).

Thank you drxx and ginge for your help. It is really appreciated. In my earlier post I should have typed 8 and 9 down instead of 6 and 7 down. My niece called this afternoon wearing the answer to 9 down. For the sake of completeness I am going back to 4 down because it will nag at me even though I have what is to be entered. I assume the definition is 'displays' but could easily be wrong. Like you drxx the definition of 20 across was completely new to me.

Hi again alwayspuzzled, hopefully you'll look in again before spending too long on 4d; spar (geology) is the definition.

I think 'Displays seat' got me over the line for 4dn (as ginge says, 'seat' = backside (!).

Thank you yet again ginge and drxx. I have just come back to this and can now see what it is. I have read Wilkie Collins' novel so should have got this earlier.

Watching Prunella Scales Great Canal Journeys was very helpful in getting the theme.

As usual I have all the required elements except, annoyingly, one letter. This is the 2nd letter of 33a and the 3rd letter of 26d. I can make no sense of either of the clues:-
33a - 'Tack ring to slip back cutting mount up'
26d - 'Saw writer rearing simpleton, perhaps, having taken a drop of medicine? Quite the reverse.
Can anyone put me out of my misery please?

Hi bigf I can supply the missing letter if you like but you might wish to have the satisfaction of completing it yourself with just a tad of help.
33a in full would be (6) and 26d (7).

Thanks for your help ginge. I finally got 33a, giving me the missing letter also for 26d. I haven't parsed 26d yet, but I am now satisfied!