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New member here.

I have similar problems and Emailed the Editor. I got a swift and apparently helpful reply advising me to register the Guardian as an exception on Java security settings. Tried this twice, but it hasn't worked for me.

A query re my last answer for 8d. I've seen the earlier hints on the site but still mystified. I have *E*C*E. Any clue would be appreciated.

Your final "e" is wrong PP...

the drug is "e"
cartel is the themed part, ignored in this clue
breakfast food

In registering the exception, you must use
http://www.theguardian.com
Java considers this insecure, but what can one do? It works.

Thanks.

I had the wrong second word for 12a. and eventually the light came on. All done now.

Done & submitted, but I’m still puzzled by 1 across. In an effort to see which category it belonged to, I tried to match each clue/solution with the categories in the preamble. However, it states that there are 4 instances where the theme is inserted spuriously into the clue in full. But I make that 5:-
14a garden I
15a grain
22a string
2d barging
18d Tring
So I’m still none the wiser. Can anyone help?

Not sure that the theme word does appear in the clue to 18D although I still can't parse it satisfactorily.
I assumed that the definition was a find.

18d: "Tring" contains the theme word, so indirectly it's in the clue!
1a Supposedly "shows" means (theme word) inserted into it i.e. a hyphenated 9-letter word --- but I don't find that a very convincing explanation myself, either!