Across: 8. Had a foul smell when lid removed? It could be septic! (4) 9. see 24 down 10. The first victory as 33 proclaimed to be ours (4) 11. What unusual show of arousal for football club in Australia! (8) 12. In return, counsel Gaelic football club in Australia (6) 13. Jill but not Jack hurt (3) 14. Blue where palace rule Andrew be stripped (8) 16. From Sputnik arose 1 down craft riding sunbeams (6) 18. Series of US craft visiting other parts of solar system, particularly near rim (7) 20. Catching (fish)... and being caught (by fish) (7) 23. Wonder keyboardist! (6) 25. They go around with gold teeth? (8) 27. Essentially frighten bogey (3) 28. It's a narrow road between extremes of present world (6) 30. In north England, Arne Slot's mob out for intimacy (8) 32. see 4 down or 22 down 33. Sex symbol dropping some ecstasy in entertaining places (5) 34. Student, if engaged at the start, is what Rocket Lab and MIT are looking for around 33 in 2026? (4) Down: 1. Italian football team pushing up both halves as Japanese team exploring space (4) 2. Also known as model after which Suzuki lost heart, one of 33's 25, out of 1 down (8) 3. Guarantee given verbally in direction of 20 (6) 4,32a. First of maidens on record with crazy rantings for 33 (7) 5. Bush headed west in facile gnashing (8) :6. Mark of 22: idiots going the wrong way (6) 7. see 24 down 15. "Take-out"? Take-away! (Originally "take-ready" to be precise!) (5) 17. Injection of energy for worn out landlord (5) 19. Voluntary vet license lost after denying Poles (8) 21. Perform with pins and needles with loving attention (8) 22,32a. First of maidens on record with crazy rantings for 33 (7) 24,9ac. First craft to achieve 31 20 on another 28, not crash or wipe out... with 33 all around and US not involved! (6 5) 24,7dn. Craft going round and round 33 (with some spacemen in?) are never coming back (6 4) 26. Start to broker pay increase for cook (6) :29. Heads up: second 8's oxygen leaking quite a bit (4) 31. P.S. frequently! (4) Solution: =J=A=A=E=A=S=N=| TANK=SEVEN=TWIN| =X=A=H=E=G=I=N=| HAWTHORN=EAGLES| ===S=R=ILL=M===| CERULEAN=IKAROS| =X=K===G=C===W=| MARINER=LANDING| =C===L=M===O=E=| STEVIE=ORBITERS| ===E=CAR=R=I===| PLANET=NEARNESS| =O=E=I=I=I=G=O=| STAR=VENUS=LIFE| =S=A=E=G=E=Y=T=| Name: 881 - Ranting Maiden Author: by BenDR Annos-Across: 8. (s)TANK 10. T(he) + WIN 11. *WHAT + HORN 12. rev tel (coun)SEL GAE(lic) < 13. (j)ILL 14. tel (pala)CE RULE AN(drew) 16. tel (sputn)IK AROS(e) 18. *(NEAR RIM) 20. AND in LING 23. CD 25. OR + BITERS 27. (s)CAR(e) 28. LANE in P(resen)T 30. N + E + ARNE S(lot)S 33. VENU(e)S 34. L + IF + E(ngaged) Annos-Down: 1. r(AJ)+r(AX) 2. AKA + T + SU(ZU)KI 3. hp ASSURE 4,32a. EVE + *RANTINGS 5. rev tel (f)ACILE GNA(shing) < :6. rev( AM + GITS ) 15. EX(tr)ACT 17. E in *WORN 19. *(VET LICE(ns)E) 21. DO + TINGLY 22,32a. M O R + *RANTINGS 24,9ac. VEN(us) + ERASE + VEN(us) 24,7dn. rev tel (spacem)EN IN ARE NEV(er) < 26. B + RAISE :29. rev acrostic S(econd) T(ank's) O(xygen) L(eaking) < 31. S + OFT Defs-Across: 8. It could be septic 10. 33 proclaimed to be ours 11. football club in Australia 12. football club in Australia 13. hurt 14. Blue 16. 1 down craft riding sunbeams 20. Catching (fish) 23. Wonder keyboardist 25. They go around 27. bogey 28. world 30. intimacy 33. Sex symbol 34. what Rocket Lab and MIT are looking for around 33 in 2026 Defs-Down: 1. Japanese team exploring space 2. one of 33's 25, out of 1 down 3. in direction of 20 4,32a. 33 5. Bush :6. Mark 15. precise 17. landlord 19. Voluntary 21. with loving attention 22,32a. 33 24,9ac. First craft to achieve 31 20 on another 28, not crash 24,7dn. Craft going round and round 33 26. cook :29. quite a bit 31. P