34a I am not doing the crossword so don't know for sure, but SNOOLS looks good.
The "Scots" word (indicated by Mac) "snool" is a cowering or bullied person that wants to help, similar to the slang term "poodle". Then of course it is "loon"(silly) reversed inside "SS"
Hi Hankir. The answer to 28 is oilily which describes what Uriah Heep was like. A bloke in the UK is a yoik..
No I haven't got any of the painters yet!