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Ooops, your letters are all correct.

Sorry, I did tell you I was sleep deprived:-)

That should say ‘spreading’, not spearing. And your letters are correct btw

Hi Malone, did you do this?

Morning, Brendan. I did some - not all - of this. It got to be a bit of a grind and I put it aside. I thought of you when I did yesterday's EV...

Thank you Brendan/ Jono/ Malone for putting me out of my misery. I wondered if the second largest theme pair would make an appearance.

That's okay, baby steps and all, we'll make a convert of you yet:-)

I loved the EV, it was such a great touch to have the extra letters spell out where to find another instruction. I even did the colouring to match the pl...... - I just couldn't help myself 😛

Greetings from an overcrowded sandbank - we are full of holiday makers here in Norfolk.

I'd like to go back to 78 across and wonder if Brendan or others can help.

It is down as a four letter solution which means that a two letter thematic abbreviation is required. Unless you include some islands (which don't fit anyway) I've run out of geographical neighbours. 50 down surely refers to Art Blakey's Messengers - my favourite band.

I have the four letter Scottish word and an abbreviation for down under. Am I missing something?

Williamseal,
78a. is a double definition. I couldn't see the Au reference in Chambers, but it is in Collins. It doesn't include an abbreviation for down under.

Thanks Mattrom

Maskarade has kept a lot of us on our toes this weekend, but, all in all, it's been an enjoyable slog! Others have mentioned the fact that 8 Down maybe incorrect as regards the number of letters in the answer, so I presume this should read as (5) and not (4)?. So haven't yet solved this one, and also two offshoots, 7 Across and 19 Across - could 19 possibly be the German word referred in the text? Also I haven't yet landed 26 Across and 27 Down. 33 Down has been mentioned a few times, but I still haven't solved this one - could the themed letters possibly be "UT"? 23 Down seems likely to be the name of a US singer and city if my themed addition is correct? And, finally, is 48 Down a word meaning "to stick"? - I haven't fully understood the clue for this one yet.