Cryptic crossword

Tuesday's puzzle...

ACROSS

3 Adder notes six for every sum (5)

8 Soft food that is iron (6)

9 Fields recovered in insane raid (6)

10 11 It's irrelevant to be next to the promontory (6,3,5)

12 13 What punishment should fit a battle-scared peninsula? (3,6)

14 Use art at random for making swamp (8)

17 Loot buried beneath the public library (7)

19 Endures last confusion to get very hot (7)

23 Is French container for goods bringing French food? (8)

27 Lines on neck due to linen (6)

29 Make hay with Irish father (3)

30 31 Be upset about something, using willpower to overcome it (4,4,6)

32 Louse working on a roof? (6)

33 Hannibal's reported to be reader (6)

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34 African province that becomes state when taking one on (5)

DOWN

1 Nurse, for example, has easy start in profession (6)

2 Charm and disarm flier who's in the driving seat (8)

3 Chill out with greens that alien had for breakfast (8)

4 Hardy heroine followed writer offering Sappho, for example (7)

5 Wayward waster is least experienced (6)

6 Routed to go another way (6)

7 A naval officer gets involved in wager in London borough (6)

13 Force heard in the wood (5)

15 River's certain to be cut off at source (3)

16 Advance like a nobleman? (5)

18 Beetle round old district, starting in reverse (3)

20 Rotate flock with low-tech energy supplier (8)

21 Slip out for a moment and get slap (8)

22 Draw a square piece of land (7)

24 Arts used for murder in paramilitary force (6)

25 Arrange to suit ad for financial inspections (6)

26 Rule over, flanked by odd guns (6)

28 Knock back drink _ that's fine for sporting animal (6)