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Thought this the best Speccie for quite some time. The various parts of the preamble to disentangle put it almost up to Genius level, methinks.

I've had only a quick glance at this.I was pleased to see the apology for last week's heinous error. I wasn't quite so pleased to see both sets of clues were marked as 'Across'- is there a reason for that, or is it just a slip-up?

Thanks Malone
I never even noticed the apology or the error! Perhaps I should be forcibly retired as well.

Thanks, BuzzyBee. Will37 mentioned the apology earlier - then apologised for putting it on the wrong thread! It's on 2764, rather than 2765.

Yes indeed, quite a refreshment!

Help please with the endgame...

I can see possibilities for 5 of the components if i have the correct 8th word but not necessarily the other 2?

Kirky it sounds like you are on the right lines - I wonder if there might be errors in your two non-yielding answers?

I can’t resolve 28a and 5a, my crossing letters suggest similar words, one the plural of the other

Jono,my 28, singular, is suggested by a surplus word in 36 D...