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Can anyone please explain the wordplay in 7d?

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There is an extra letter in the clue generated by the subsidiary indication in the clue.

7d Curie's dog's contrary, biting one of nine (8)
The answer appears to ENNEADIC and the extra letter O

How about the following Rosie:
Curie (ci) and 'dane' backwards round 'ONE'.
Can anyone explain 26a which can be 'EDH' or ' ETH' for clue ' Glum character from Iceland'.

thanks uncle-w

The old Radio show 'Take it from here' had the Glum
family - Ron & ETH

Thanks Rosie .
Only remaining ones are the two unclued. 19a is probably 'FREE' and 34a is 'PAI?'. ' You buy one you get one free ' makes 19a ok but at a loss for the other.
Puzzled about ' pencil at first '. Appears one has to do some erasing before completion! Any ideas?

I toyed with Pain as in when we get a bargain we say 'that was painless', but in the end went with Paid.

If you look at a consecutive run of 13 letters along the
centre row you will see why 'use pencil' applies.

R

Thanks again Rosie . I also toyed with ' PAID ' but was'nt entirely convinced.

I eventually decided that -

'You buy one' = PAID

'You get one' FREE

I'm with you, Rosie, I think that is why we have two after following the instruction.

Yes, I think you're right Rosie. Well done!