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help please with the 6 letter word....i just cannot see it....

The 4 thematic elements should suggest an author

unfortunately i haven't got them either .....just got a full grid...

spoke too soon ...got em now!!

Buddy, I too struggled with this one. There is a somewhat tenuous thematic element that can be teased out, but I'm tending to the view that a clue may have been missed out. In any case, as there is only one possibility for 31d, it's all rather academic!

I concur with others that 31D should have been clued, as I can't see a thematic element to it.

I know what 36 must be, but I can't justify the wordplay. The chieftain is holding me up, not least because I can't justify my answer for 15. What kind of chieftain is it/he? Nothing springs to mind, or can (so far) be found in any reference book. The Speccy doesn't usually hold me up as much as this one.

Cockie, the chieftain is from the 1st century, it's a name, Google gave it instantly.

Thanks, malone - I've always known him by the name with a middle C. You learn something every day.

Thanls, Cockie. I forgot to mention 36...
The first three letters are a synonym of 'line' (verb, cushions, fabrics, say) and the rest is an anagram of 'iron'.