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I finished this without too much trouble last weekend, but before posting I would like to be sure that I have got 36 right. The clue is "John's underworld burdens" and I have LADES, which means "burdens", but I cannot see how the wordplay works. Could somebody please enlighten me? Thanks.

I keep meaning to try this crossword but never get round to it..is it something to do with L[ooH]ades?

ladies (john's as in WC's) Don't know how the missing 'I' makes underworld though.

Does the inquisitor have a preamble about superfluous letters ?

Hades was God of underworld.

John Milton's variant of hades is ades, missing letter L

Thanks to everyone for the quick responses. Leon has nailed it and it's nice to have confirmation. Once I had enough missing letters to work out the theme and what had to be done, I didn't bother to find the last few as it was possible to fill the grid without doing so. Very lazy!