The following clues form a word chain. The last three letters of one word form the first three letters of the next word, and the list wraps round from the last word to the first. Mostly straightforward, but there may be one or two hyphenated or multi-word ones in there, and remember it was compiled by a Brit. Plenty there, so feel free to grab a couple
-1. Disadvantage
-2. Crime chief
-3. Punctuation mark
-4. Remarkable occurence
-5. Statement having little relevance to what preceded it
-6. Spice, also used as a dye
-7. Highly toxic castor-oil derivative
-8. Principle ore of mercury
-9. Another name for Shakespeare
-10. American science fiction writer
-11. Tough rubbery gum
-12. Con-artist
-13. Sleeveless upper garment
-14. Hebrew actor
-15. Controversial counter-argument
-16. Photographic reduction
-17. Member of the second order of angels
-18. Worthless, of poor quality
-19.
Merchant of Venice character
-20. Uncultured Australian male
-21. Fuss, commotion
-22. Shabby, dilapidated
-23. Apartment, often run-down
-24. Shows hospitality to
-25. Glucose-regulating polypeptide hormone
-26. Glenn Campbell sang about one...
-27. Evergreen tree, usually with aerial roots
-28. Exceeded time allotted
-29. Search untidily
-30. Recognition of the existence or truth of something
-31. Aficionado
-32. Fur of young lambs