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Does the question "What do U think ?" Help ?

I have problems too. 26D - I believe to be an anagram of "a pun" but I am getting nowhere on that.

26dn is a for adult + a three letter word for a joke (not pun) reversed.

Thanks teenieleek. I was locked on pun but now have it.

Sorry, Truron, I wasn't seeking enlightenment about the letter due in the top right-hand corner (I have the quote safe and sound). I wondered what the number '9' was doing there. It doesn't indicate any clue, so I suppose it's just a simple error. Not a great issue, just slightly puzzling.

The number 1 at top left is technically unneeded too isn't it, as it an unclued light.
Has anyone worked out yet why we have letters leftover in some 'theme' words? Does not seem right, must be more to it. We can't have three words that are neither thematic or clued?

Yes, true, neither the '1' nor the '9' have any function as clue numbers, and the excess letters extending three of our smelly 'thematic objects' are similarly puzzling. Hope this kind of thing doesn't become a habit!

I suspect the numbering of lights is done automatically by the programme used to generate the grid, hence it seems to the software like there is a 1a, 1d and 9d. An extra bar below the first cell would have removed the 1, but that would have disrupted the grid symmetry and indicated the start point of the perimetrical message. Perhaps it would have been better if the setter/editor had renumbered the grid manually. Other series tend not to number unclued lights and therefore presumably don't use the automatic numbering facility.