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Dodgepot, you have confused me. My 6 lines join the centres of the empty cells and do include a relevant adjective to properly represent an item.

Cruncher, this is one of the number of great clues here. Flipping a bit indicates a certain change to a certain letter of the anagram fodder.

Cruncher, follow the Chambers definition of "bit" to where it comes from. The first definition under that entry tells you what's happening in 9D. A clever construction.

A good puzzle. Is there any way of submitting on line? Given the lack of appeal of the prizes - a cash sum or token would be better - and the high cost of postage I have not submitted for months.

Apologies, Gitto. I’m sure your lines are right. If you know what you’ve drawn then you should be able to work out the proprietor, and thence the location from the extra words, and thence the message

Many thanks. Indeed a very clever construction

Still hitting a brick wall here - my last 5 extra words total 23 letters, is that correct?

That is correct, Gitto, and you do permute them in clue order

Like will37 at #14 & 15, I'm bothered by 7 down. Does the acronym if applied to "International Phonetic Alphabet" help? If so I have all the clued solutions and scratching my pate.

Yes, bc, it does. If you look up the symbol for your answer on Wikipedia you should find enlightenment