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Lower part of grid giving me problems!

23d) Cringe about Bercow going topless - is this COWER?

20a) Still flipping crushing virtue? Sheer recklessness! T???R???

29a) Say Republican's constrained by rampant conceit, just like Trump E?????T???

23d yes ...anagram of bercow without the top (B)

20a temerity yet reversed with merit inside

29a eg ocentric eg/say + anagram of conceit

Like some other folk the bottom right is puzzling me.
17d (9)Ignored, in disbelief - or got tense. I am coming up with irritated as in got tense but can't figure it, also 31a Going on and on about temperature, er, in back passage (7). I think anal must ne in there somewhere but its still a mystery to me. Help !

just figured 17d - so obvious but 31a is still bugging me

T-ER with LANE reversed and around it.
Eternal.

Good man yourself

I can’t get 17 down - Ignored, in disbelief – or got tense (9)
T?R???T?N
21 Have sex, wrapping chain on top of erect chopper (7)
M???E?E

30 Angry talk when doctor shafts pig – perverse! (5) ??R?S

Maggieriordan

For 17 down, the first letter you have ('T') is wrong.

21 across is MACHETE

30 is WORDS