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No questions here so must be easy. But I have only a few answers so far.
Two ways of entering usually are anagrams and reverse, but we will see.

In some clues a single letter has to be added.

Help with:

11a. Pigas and dragons and um- larks (6)

35a. Circuit off limits to dragster? (11)

21d. Doctor changes heart taking Len's second nurse to revive (7)

Thanks.

Hi

A challenging solve.

Not anagrams or reverse.

11a is one of the thematics
The answer is actually 9 letters- it is an oblique reference to pigs as in people who eat too much. If I say anymore I’ll spoil how thematics work.

35a is a normal clue and is a famous UK racing track.

21d has an extra letter added-an I in Len to make Lien.

Quack is the doctor in the wordplay.


Good luck with it

thanks dja.

Please can someone help me with 7a?
Body covering a dancing girl. Alf’s away. (Grid entry 5.)
Is this a thematic clue?

Hi jogamel, it's not thematic in the treatment of the answer but it is one of the 12 requiring the insertion of a letter; here Alf's => half's, definition "body covering".

Thank you ginge I had thought maybe half...

Hi all, anyone seen the cryptic representation of the author's name ? If so, is it the full name, with initials, or the surname we are meant to be looking for? A clue as to where to start looking would be great too, thanks. I'm being a bit lazy asking as I've a full grid and haven't the mental energy to spend ages doing a 'wordsearch'! Many thanks.

Hi muraria, group the initials and it's an alternative name for the Periodic Table element followed by a synonempty for the surname; contiguous cells.

I've got the theme and most of the grid. I know how to modify half of the thematics (such as 11a and 1d) but I'm blowed if I can work out what to do with the other five.

Is the entry for 19a SCRIED?

And nothing seems to work for 25a. I have U?T
Notice released blue moth gone.

Thank you.

Hi Orson

sakias not scried

Ult

The other 5 have common examples of the word that has been removed from the other entries.