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Lumen, if you thought of 36 A as a six-letter answer, you'd probably get it in seconds. The shorter version is in Chambers. What does Caesar usually wear? The 'ultimately' shows where you'll find the necessary letters, though you've a misprint to add in, sort.

Thanks both. I have those two answers now. Finished. Harder than Listener this week!
33 was virtually same word we already had higher up the grid...
I don't see the parsing unless we can have 'a' for ancestors?
And can the seventh word in 36 really change to an obscure two letter word leaving the clue unreadable?

Glad we could help, Lumen.

For 33, the A for ancestors comes from the first word in the clue.(As you've finished the puzzle, you'll probably see the reasoning quite quickly.)

36 - Yes, I didn't think that one was good.

Oh yes, I fully understand 33 now.

Thank you all. I cracked this completely backwards - once I had the grid full and the Lady - of whom I happen to be a great fan - identified from the "15", I was entirely stumped for Lord, quote and link until I realised what removed strings of letters in 3 of the 5-letter answers, had in common. I actually identified the Lord by working back from there and inferring a word to search under in ODQ... which left me with the person, the book, the quotation and no idea whatsoever of 6 of the 10 letters in the cryptic indication from which I was MEANT to have got there. Infuriating....

I have a full grid; I have the Lady; I have the cryptic reference to the Lord (I believe: 'Money pig'?); and I have a massive brick wall. Any pointers gratefully received.

Biggus, this might be too big a pointer - Google the Lady and the Lord...

Malone - big or small, I'm grateful. I was fixated on the missing strings being a reference to "Art is a mess" or some such; and I thought that the Lord was Lord _____ham. But I know better now! Cheers.

Thanks, Biggus - glad you got there!

Hello!

I've got most of the way through this one, but am starting to lose the will to live. Is the last word the definition in 1D and is it usually hyphenated? If so, I can almost (but not quite) parse it?

Also, the 'i' in the lady's surname... I really can't see where that comes from.

Lastly, I'm struggling to find the Lord. Do the corrections spell out a title?

Thanks,
Suzannah