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26D is what you think it is. Think of score differently.

Finished but not sure what the adjustment is. Is it anything to do with 9A?

I've had it completed for hours but can't find the numerical adjustment - have been trying to substitute different numbers for one, ten (in various places) etc but can't find the trick ...

I am also stuck on the endgame. A one-letter amendment to 16d gives a sort-of-thematic 2-word phrase (down) and the first 3 letters of a thematic word (across). But it has nothing to do with numbers really.

The only obvious number in the grid that I can see consists of the first three letters in the seventh column, but nothing seems to arise from altering them.

Oh. I think I was right first time. If I did, it's a little bit underwhelming.

Barista, I think it's 16A/16D, as well. If you substitute one Roman numeral for another, you get two things which (by implication) don't happen at the same time, according to the saying (to do with Scottish 3D).

Or I could be entirely wrong. As I have been, many times...

I think I've finished this, including the endgame. But I have a fair few clues which I can't parse fully, and I seem to be missing one themed solution.

I won't ask yet, as it's early.

(apologies if this appears twice - it wouldn't post before ...)
Yeah, I'm sure you're right, guys. Annoyingly, it's the phrase I started off looking for - prompted by 25 across, which it explains ...

prospero, what do you have for 25A then? I have MAGNETIC, but can't entirely parse it and I don't see how it fits with the numerical swop thingy.

It's OK - I see what you mean.