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Light eventually dawned. An arcane subject as far as I am concerned but no doubt very familiar to many others. My closest brush with it or any of its adepts would probably have been a visit to Wadi Rum some years ago - I trust I make myself suitably obscure.

After a long struggle it turned out that I was very familiar with the theme. It is a feature of my Thursday afternoon's at Fakenham where I far too often make a mistake. A very clever construction.
One question concerns the three down answers with a thematic link. Is the third part of the name of an individual and the second concerned with an incoming Prime Minister - or have I missed something?

Thanks Mack. In your post 45, you say "If you know the theme.....", but I am not entirely sure I know what you mean by this. Do you mean the game itself, the word derived from the six thematic across clues, or the words derived from the down clues?

williamseal, the third is indeed the surname of an individual, the second a prefix. I assumed that the thematic link was simply that all three can be connected with the theme word. If there's anything more, it's escaped me.

I should have said 'what the theme is'. You can find the rectangles even with only a rudimentary knowledge of the game. Nor, in fact, do you need to know the word derived from the six across clues. The Wikipedia page on the latter is far too detailed for someone with no prior knowledge.

Thanks Mack - that's reassuring