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Another splendid Inquisitor and construction by Twin.
I went down a few blind alleys before seeing what was going on with this, well worth the grid stare.....

Just 21d to get...any help welcome.
Still no idea on thematic stuff though.

Hi lumen
21d is in Chambers but not in online version. Def. is first two words, "tired" refers to old or archaic word for "oaf" (in grid without first letter)plus 3 letter word for obstacle.

Indeed, muraria, a very high-class puzzle and extraordinary construction. I’m not sure a grid stare would have helped me, but luckily I made sense of the instructions. We really have been spoilt this year.

This reminds that I filled the grid and meant to come back to the endgame, but never did. Feels a bit GWIT-ty; to execute the instructions you need to know the property, but a "property" could be anything. Meanwhile there is a 9 letter word jumping out of the grid, but it does not see like a "superlative" so perhaps it is a "red herring". More pondering needed....

I've no ideas on the endgame still, but thanks for 21d, - clearly related to the better-known snafu.

I know what you mean, buddy. I put it aside for a while for that reason. I knew what the thematic property should be, but didn’t connect it to the message properly. The word you mention is not a red herring, but not the whole story.

Presumably the title is a clue to the property.
Both diagonals contain only vowels!
Still no ideas.

You're almost there Lumen, look at all the entries, they all have a common property.The first word of the title has it too, that's why it "works" and the English version doesn't.

Thanks muraria, great fun, done now. I did know of that word's existence.
I would have been very frustrated without your steer on what the property was.