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Greengage @5: "book" can mean "reserve" for which RES is a BRB-included abbreviation. I imagine this was overlooked by the editors - if there are any in the CAM series (which I doubt).

And re-reading yours @5 I see there is another interpretation. The last 5 letters (no problem there) on = after Jer. A book in the OT. So that's 3 possible readings, all perfectly sound.

cockie, don't you need the B for the phrase?

Yes of course - but the answer to 1A should not depend on a bit of the end game. All clues should lead unambiguously to the answer. I don't think Nimrod noticed that the clue - to which he naturally knew the answer - could be interpreted in 2 distinct other ways. That's where test solvers and editors earn their crust. Ximenes once set a complete puzzle on 1 April where - apart from a single clue - every one produced two possible answers, and they all fitted. Getting the single clue with a unique answer determined which set of possibilities was correct. But that isn't what's happening here. Homer nodded, but is forgiven. (Hint: cockie has been known to set now and again ...)

Please help with the wordplay to 33a. I have the answer.

In a word meaning denouement, replace the usual abbreviation for dead with a word meaning cat.

Thanks, Buddy. I am now unsure of the second phrase. Do you simply change letters 1, 2 and 3. If not which ones?

bananabean, I changed the first three letters of the second word to make a phrase that is also used to describe the thematic items and, taken literally, describes what is produced by drawing the lines.

Thanks, greengage, perfect

Btw, has anyone worked out whether it is possible to use the normal online submission form for this crossword with the original line drawing element?