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1ac Eating snake, corvids danced

36ac I play after dusk in Fife, I hesitate to say

24 dn Crack filter with one teabag stewed, stifling word of doubt

I nearly have a full grid, with 4 of the first 6, all of the second 6, and a sequence of 8 letters, which isn't a word, representing the title of the source. Only one word fits 15a and a word in the clue fits the answer, but I can't parse it. As for 24a, 31a and 24d, I am currently mystified - no hints required as it is still early in the day, hoping posting provides the necessary inspiration.

Thanks, Dylan.

1 A. A very common snake is inside, eaten by, some very common corvids.

36. I didn't know the short word for 'dusk, but I got the answer from the definition and the usual short 'I hesitate to say'.

Just 31a bamboozling me at the moment.

Gitto

23Dn may need treatment to help you…

31Ac. Alteration needed to first word of clue. Last three words are the wordplay.

To get (3) + abbreviation for rupees

Malone (and Dylan)

‘Dusk’ is altered to get a Scots word (3) before the usual hesitation

h1982, wrt 31a, I see what you mean but I if that is the case I do not understand the definition at all, and the altered first word is superfluous/not relevant as that answer does not have a geographical limitation according to my sources.

H1982, thanks. 36 A was an entry I stuck in fairly quickly - I should have had another look at it before helping with the answer!

Hi Gitto

Check it as the 3rd definition in Chambers. That has a geographical indicator (provided of course you have the correct answer in the first place!)

h1982, my apologies but forget my post at 17. I just finally parsed 15a which is the last of the 12 I needed, prior to that I was fixated on 31a being one of those.