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It may have been my error!

Anyone had any brainwaves on this yet?

I've completed a great deal of this and have a partial 'key' with the initials of the superfluous words, but I've come to a standstill in the bottom half. I'm also concerned that all the answers in the top half seem completely normal.

Any hints, reassurances etc would be welcome.

Also - specifically - could you confirm if 25ac could be related to a Rihanna hit from 3 or 4 years ago? If so, how does that work?

Thanks in anticipation.

I've got quite a bit of this finished. For 25ac my answer is "covers against weather". I must admit that I haven't got all of the wordplay - but I do have that corner complete, and my word fits.

I haven't as yet got any idea of alterations according to the theme.

I'm with you AJT, I think 25ac is just a "whole thing" clue, no parsing. I've completed nearly all the clues, know exactly what the 'hidden instruction' is, but don't understand what to do with it! Early days though.

Sorry cmk, just to confirm - yes, re Rhianna

Thanks AJT1 and Mrs Trellis (love to Samantha). I don't have the whole instruction yet from the superfluous words - and my confusion over 25 ac means I can't really see which word is extra there.

Still, as you say, it's early days yet.

Like Mrs Trellis, I've completed the grid, and have the instruction, but I have no idea how to apply it. It makes no sense, not to me, anyway......

Seems to be about frogs and princes, but I can only spot one of each, and neither needs changing.

I'm down to my last two, 21a and 19d. I have a provisional solution for 21a, defined by the last word of the clue, but I can't justify the construction. If my 21a is correct, then the two words that satisfy the crossers for 19d don't seem to match the definition (first two words of clue). Any hints?

Hi garbie, you are right with the definition for 21ac. The superfluous word is pretty obvious.
19d definition is at start of clue, immediately before superfluous word. Hope this helps.