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I have a complete grid with gaps in the entries which are too short for the number of cells available but surely that can't be it. Do those gaps need filling or am I over-complicating things? Any hints or pointers in the right direction would be much appreciated.

Nowhere near finished yet alwayspuzzled but so far some of my "blanks" could be filled with a hyphen??

And some can be filled with apostrophes but the clues are inconsistent, I think. 13a suggests a hyphen but 8d doesn't. Perhaps that is the way in which the wordplay is unconventional, but that title is so general as to be meaningless. Unless I'm missing something.

8d has a hyphen in chambers orson ?

What I meant, xwordfan, is that the clue for 13a mentions dash (hyphen) to be put in the answer but 8d doesn't (unless I've misunderstood the clue). Certain other clues include the apostrophe needed for the answer in the wordplay but 32d doesn't.

Good Morning. Just for once I've 'clocked' what was going on (round of applause from all the long suffering contributors who have helped me on so many occasions).

There are two different marks used, think of the mark so loved and misused by greengrocers.

ah yes see what you mean now orson....

32d, think of "of" as in o'clock. or in Irish names.

Pleasehelpwith:

1d. Flipping drunkard beats glass cubes (7)

34a. Excluded in Perth, he tore toun up (12, three words)

Thanks.

34 - A thematic answer, 10 letters long. An anagram.

1 D/ A usual three-letter 'drunkard', and a fairly common four-letter 'beats' (as in hits), both reversed.