Five clues are normal but their answers must be entered thematically. From the answerto each other clue, a letter must be deleted wherever it appears before entry into the grid; definitions refer to the full unmutilated answer; wordplay and letter-counts to the grid entry.
33a Irrepressible light blue was imprisoned by Shakepeare (8) ?B?L????
35a I dealt with frames of Italian art 1600-1700 (7)
24a Gods pour into centre of Scottish attachment (8) ??????N?