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THE THEME
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Quite fun, if a little fiddly to tie up all the loose ends, but an unambiguous result. Thanks Tringa

A nudge with 5a or 12a would be appreciated
5a Series about a Greek character returning (6)
12a Previous supplier at first discounting fine shellfish (6)

5A: about + rev
No idea about 12A which is one of my last 3 the others being 4D/33D

For some reason some of my last post was missing.
5A about + ("a" greek character) rev

Thanks, 5a solved

12 is a six letter word for 'previous' minus its first letter ('discounting...') + first letter of...
First part of 4 33 is a double def (obvious for the first answer but the second is pluralised - the singular would end '...a'). 'the snowbird' is the def for the next - and the queen is from Roman mythology (a goddess).

I agree with the 'fun and fiddly' verdict but I think it's another theme that's had an outing fairly recently.

Indeed, drxx. Just a year ago in IQ. I suppose with more than 200 puzzles a year (including EV, IQ and Magpie,), a degree of duplication is inevitable, but it always leaves me slightly flat

If I resolve the clash in 1a to leave a real word than I have to discard a letter not in the given phrase. Please help.