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Thanks Brendan, that’s helpful. However, I now have 18 dn clashing in its last two letters!

It should just be clashing in the penultimate letter.

Dylan - ensure you have looked at 35A carefully - as I originally put in the wrong spelling by not looking carefully enough...

Thanks, crates and Brendan

Having trouble with 19d (Affected with desire, cut to a point that’s not fine) I think I have the first four letters but I can’t make a word when I add a fifth.

Patch49, if you're on to the correct word, the fifth letter is the one that makes the word into an adjective, in order to fit the part of speech of the definition.

defn - affected with desire - word play adding abbrev for fine would make 'cut to a point' (new word for me)...don't forget that there are clashing cells...

Thanks Crates and Chrisremo. Wonder if I’ll ever need that word in general conversation!

Nice puzzle. The only minor niggle is the three letter thematic word. I could at a push have three options. The best, which is in Bradfords, and second best, a book better known by its film title, don't, to my mind, strictly conform with the "seven appropriately presented" requirement. The third is an obscure wind band piece!

If I was a submitter I guess I'd go for the first...

I have a 3-letter word which is appropriately presented and which , combined with my 4-letter word, is reminiscent of 'The Herb Garden'