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Don't worry . There are no blanks in the first or last cells of entries.

I have tried to enter the answers I have.
I have entered 1a as suggested. I can use the letters 1,2,4,6,8 for Down clues 3 to 7. The I get into trouble. The last letter of 1a can be used to enter 8d.
But then the symmetry is lost.

Also where does the 10 letter answer to Close-fitting go? (Row number).I cannot see any row that it would fit in.

Same thing with the column number for answer to Bugs (8 letter).
My grid entries for others are most likely wrong.
(I have 1d in Col. 1 and 2d in Col.2)

Help!

Sunray,
First and last letters of 1a are indeed used for clues 3d and 8d, each of which is split 4 letters at top and 4 at bottom of their columns.
The ''close-fitting" answer'' is in row 7. The 'Bugs'' answer is in column 9, below the D in row 1.

Thanks muraria.

Can anyone give me a hint for:
Key worker gets divide(n?d by 4th April.
Professor's imparted wisdom to tense skier.
I dread the word "key" in clues !
Thanks.

4 letter word for key.
Worker is man.

Have not parsed but Professor clue; answer seen elsewhere as a 4 letter word for Tense. Starts and ends with the same letter.

Oh, Professors teach so homonym?

Thank you very much, Sunray.

I thought grid entries were tough.

I do not know what the shape indicates.
I try to describe the shape in google query but nothing popped up.

I can guess the name if the surname is 6 letters.

The surname is 7 letters - maybe check your spelling? The title helped with the theme, then the shape.