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I have a full grid, worked out the transformations (and why) but the letter change is stumping me.

I have isolated a letter unique to all the pre transformed thematic answers, but can't see how it's supposed to be used in relation to the non thematic solutions, despite staring at the grid and considering various possibilities.

A gentle nudge would be much appreciated.

look down column 1 (not the column with 1d in it - the previous one)

Thanks Sudokulover, I'd seen that as a possibility, but don't see how it relates to the long preamble.

If it is as you suggest, wouldn't it have sufficed to say 'Change one letter in the non thematic solutions to make another themed one vertically'?

(Answers self)

Yes - but it wouldn't have been quite so specific.

Twigged at last - thanks S.L.

Nice theme - I enjoyed this one but still can't parse a couple and have 16A left:
Dovetailing "Ricky Gervais", ultimately with "live Extras" (4)

I think it's _Y_S and is probably made up of ysle but - ???

Maybe the Y is wrong - 6D is one of the ones I can't parse (apart from the Queen) so it might be wrong.
6D Killer Queen following remix of final parts to Somebody to Love or Fat Bottomed Girls (9)

I'm going to start a thread on the difficulties of seeing the genius on the Guardian website - if anyone else has difficulty, can they contribute, please? And Sudokulover, can you say how you get the link to the correct print version every month? Thanks.

Livs - the Y is correct as is your parsing of 6D,

The definition at 16 is 'extras'

Then I guess I need a B but where does it come from?

cmk, sweet of you to say so but I didn't parse 6d apart from 'the Queen' and the definition - no idea where the rest of it comes from.

I use google chrome with the latest java installed, but I suspect it's more "luck" than anything else!!

"Sometimes works on firefox" but not always!

The "extras" are a cricket term
6d look at the final letters of those indicated + ER and anagram it

LIVE (ie liv not ly-ve)