34/28/19 (five words) is a quotation verifiable in the ODQ from 23 (two words) which suggests how to complete the perimeter (six words).
Across
10 Dissolute old peer’s lament (7)
12 Satisfied noise, leading around kings (4)
13 Queen hugs almost dehydrated girl (8)
14 Veep cycling in stubble field (6)
15 Chilled time with one drug in some bars (3,3)
16 What I do, given time, in animal’s home (4)
20 Politician seized by firm idiot’s grasp (7)
21 Smoke from vehicle carrying soldier back (5)
25 Parting word in depression (4)
26 Old dog, extremely lovely setter (4)
31 Some success, excitingly, for cricket side (5)
32 Monk finally burning book...

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