Mephisto 3012 – Paul McKenna – hello, good evening and welcome

In the blog, the definition in the clue is underlined and followed by the answer; the parsing; any comments

ACROSS
1 In short, academic equal once with daughter proposed (9)
PROFFERED: PROF-FERE-D; old word for equal=FERE;
8 Gather lug on east of beach (4)
HEAR: (beac)H-EAR;
11 Fijian with toothache tries this, somewhat soft on gargling (5)
TONGA: hidden (sof)T-ON-GA(rgling)
13 From island clubhouse near Wapping it is given the ‘eave-‘o (5)
AITCH: AIT-CH;
14 Safe to project washout for May (13, four words)
OUT,OF,HARM’S,WAY: (washout for may)*;
15 Support is gone surrounding greasy spoon (8)
SCAFFOLD: S(CAFF)OLD;
17 Husband of countess caught by taking off old freeman (4)
EORL: (c)EORL;
18 Cicero’s indefinitely put off function, role’s close to end (7, two words)
SINE,DIE: SINE-DI-(rol)E; a write-in but a guess on parsing – I can’t see how DI is clued. Or SINE-DIE but then why is “role’s” there?
19 Done up by difficulty submitting name to old squadron (7)
ADORNED: ADO-R(N)ED; reference Red Squadron in WW1;
23 Warn of / present time / prior to knowing (7)
PRESAGE: two cryptic elements, PRES-AGE and “prior to knowledge” is pre-sage;
26 Bind book of Scripture (4)
BORE: B-O-RE;
28 Coin term for recirculation blower? (8)
INTERCOM: (coin term)*;
30 Where HRH wings it a wary supplier must be appointed anew (13, two words)
PURPLE,AIRWAYS: (a wary supplier)*;
31 Magnum or similar holding age — a fearsome killer (5)
PERAI: P(ERA)I; TV series Magnum featured a Private Investigator;
32 Start off with aged bristles (5)
SETAE: SET-AE; aged=AE;
33 Self-pity could be felt with this game, if beaten (4)
I-SPY: (self pity – felt)*;
34 Agency’s on set for the sine qua non of certain blues (9)
CYANOGENS: (agency’s on)*;

DOWN
1 Afterthought about card detailing cases of droop (6)
PTOSES: P(TOSE)S;
2 Pigment runs over WI’s meal once lid’s peeled off (6)
ROUCOU: R-(c)OU-COU; WI=West Indian not Women’s Institute
3 Heading in the right direction about raising sheep and grass (8, two words)
ON,TARGET: ON-(TEG-RAT reversed);
4 Female following English in rage dithered (6)
FAFFED: FA(F-F-E)D;
5 Hegel too is transforming behavioural studies (10)
ETHOLOGIES: (hegel too is)*;
6 Genuine reading not needing citation (4)
REAL: RE(cit)AL;
7 Check a note for bun known to biblical scholars (5)
DAMAN: DAM-A-N; bun=bunny=rabbit=hyrax;
8 Goose welcomes being with ganders finally (4)
HISS: HI’S-(ganger)S;
9 Mites billeted in first-class estate, say (5)
ACARI: A(CAR)I;
10 A feature of curse verse? Right pulp needing no intro (5)
RHYME: R-(c)HYME;
12 Rite for those who’ll serve no longer beginning in race (10)
ORDINATION: ORD-I-NATION; old word for beginning=ORD;
16 Champion‘s trailer, very ordinary, and quaintly dainty (8)
ADVOCATE: AD-VO-CATE;
20 Jolly sinister page supporting eccentricity (6, two words)
EVER,SO: E-VERSO; sinister=left hand side;
21 Kinnear, say, in bronze like, eg, Shakespeare’s Hector (6)
TROYAN: T(ROY)AN; reference Roy Kinnear from TW3;
22 One who may or may not be hitched in river sieves for some (6)
TEMSES: TE(MS)ES;
23 National Guard stopped from filming parachutes (5)
PAPPI: PAPPI(ng);
24 Usual ways to bin blunt old rakes (5)
ROUES: ROU(t)ES; not sure why “t” is “blunt”;
25 Courtly characters connecting Saul with iconolatry (5)
AULIC: (s)AUL-IC(onolatry);
27 This doctor flipping waffles (4)
SPAY: YAPS reversed;
29 A desperate chap tugged up zip (4)
NADA: A-DAN reversed; reference comic character from The Dandy;