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Found this one considerably easier than I expected from the preamble. Nicely constructed, thanks eXternal.

All done, but mystified by wordplay for 14d, 19d and 29d

Hints welcome

Thanks

Dylan
14d wordplay is 2 + 2. First 2 is a 'sounds like'
19d 'broadcast' indicates how this works, 4 + 5
29d wordplay - take a single letter (ie less hot) from a word meaning the first 2 words of the clue

Dylan
14d - wordplay is 3,2 but you hear 2,2
19d - 4 letter homphone of mammal followed by 5 letter homophone of upright
29d - Put the hot back in as the 2nd letter and you get a stimulus

Thanks Jordan, all sorted now, but I didn’t know that word for upright

I may just have been lucky, but the theme became obvious very quickly, so it was an easy grid solve.

Not too hard to find the second story's titular character, either. And a less literal view would have finished the whole thing very quickly.

I'm not keen on the "left behind" description.

Overall, rather unsatisfying for me, I'm afraid. But well constructed, nonetheless.

Pretty straightforward grid fill. Identifying the story and author also rather easy. I identified the companion story by seeing that the letters to be moved to the top row are also mostly unambiguous. My only doubt is what is to be highlighted, but I am 90% confident that it is a body part.

Very approachable. I wasn’t sure why the method of entry of some down clues reflected a motif in the second story but that simply reflects my ignorance of the work. I was also dubious about my amended 29 being a real word but there was no doubt about the amendment. And Gitto, I think the title of the puzzle should give you at least 9.9% more confidence!

All done apart from the highlighting. Have exhausted my self imposed 45 second limit for grid staring. Any hints as to where to look?

Ta