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Sorry, yes I meant 41a. Perhaps my current "mood" and status is clouding my judgement. :)

Hi both,
the "wiki" entry for 41a suggests a connection and the relevant note (3) refers to a Dictionary of Etymology by Douglas Harper. Is "Harper" a coincidence?

I can't see your Note 3 in the Wiki entry, Ginge!
And I don't really see the significance of "Tongue Twisters" as a title --- or is Mr Maltby referring to the effect of these 12 examples?

Have now found your Douglas Harper, but I wouldn't make that connection, I don't think.
Anyway I've now mailed the mag asking whether they expect an answer. Who knows, they might even reply...................................

Can't shed any more light I'm afraid. Is the title usually more than a theme?

Well, that was the one that jumped out at me, ginge, but it still seems awfully tenuous.

Hopefully not giving too much away and thus spoiling this for anyone else, this is the sentence from the "wiki" entry that might be relevant. I certainly was unaware of such a connection before now:
Conflation of amaro and amore ("love") is primarily responsible for the associations with romance.[3]

Yeah, saw that, and it would seem to be the most likely candidate, but usually when an answer for something like this is called for there's an obvious penny-dropping moment. Know what I mean?

Know exactly what you mean, hopefully GK will get a response. Re my earlier question (for future reference) are supplementaries or grid transformations (like "Listeners") commonplace?

Some of them have required answers like this, and quite a few are more complex, requiring some kind of alteration to be entered in the grid. See last month's, for example; I thought it was particularly good. These are usually quite easy to do, but a delight, with charming and witty clues.