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Quisling, that has bamboozled me. I have a 3 letter word in the instruction starting with a letter from the second down clue - and that word seems extremely appropriate.

Gitto, if you are using the first letter of the extra word in 4 down, you need to change it to the middle letter.

Brilliant Quisling, it all makes sense now. With my team being knocked out of the FA cup I was momentarily blind to that word!!!

...............BTW I was using the last letter of the word in four down.

Ahhh, that makes sense. Glad you got there. Excellent puzzle, as always with Kruger

Finished grid fill, and can see what to do with names in end game, without message.
Can't decipher the message though.
Can I get a steer on the extra words in 12a and 19a? Have both answers but can't parse.

Lumen, for 19 A, you have the six-letter 'very cold' (not Baltic) which loses the usual 'about' (about to abandon) - leaving you with the lorry. The first word in the clue isn't needed.

For 12a, 'on counter ' indicates reversal of a 5-letter word for 'notes' missing its middle letter (core) and 2 letters at the centre (essence) of pear.

Thanks both! 12a very hard!
Now finished.