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Interesting. I have a full grid but I’m not sure I can match everything back to the preamble. Understand the heading and the one exception to the primary source.

40a and 18d were interesting discoveries.

1a struck me as somewhat “ghost-ish”, i.e. think of a synonym then take alternative letters before adding a fish. I suppose the defence is “what else could it be?” But I’m not entirely sure this is fair.

*alternate (not alternative)

How does 33d work?

I’m with you Xwordfan. Posh of Universal might work in place of English, but otherwise I can’t explain the last letter.

Agree about 1a, never seen a "ghost alt. letters" before. I would expect many thumbs down if this were blogged somewhere.

33d clearly seems in error (shocking!). Wordplay gives an E but the def & crosser give a U.

I see two alternatives for 32 Down (not unusual for a Doc). One is the original (English) title and the other a translation from the German. Any thoughts?

Just realised that the “double duty” note settles things!