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Thanks sudokulover.

I misread the preamble where it said 18 plus 24.

malone you'd never be deliberately unhelpful!!

I misread the instructions.

Can you help with 38a please .....In scenes the hero's
tender (4) ?ES?

"the" is extra here .... your answer is hidden in the clue and is a synonym for tender (in Bradfords)

It's just hidden in the clue. The preamble refers to 'superfluous' words - one is involved here.

Thanks again to you both.

I should have checked in my Bradfords.

That's a first, all clues solved, poet found but could find neither poem nor quote. I was sure it was Revolutions - made sense re anagrams but no quote. Finally saw it - a very clever twist on one of the two currently important birthdays and left me feeling slow (again!).

All finished except25d) Goblin beginning to get into trunk.
?o?le

bogle?

yes bogle - bole is the trunk with g(beg of get) inside

and "bogle " means " goblin"!