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Rather surprisingly I have a virtually full grid and, even more surprisingly, also think I know how to decide between the alternative letters. I still need 34 across (How Lorna and Angus have danced! But lecturer at Open University cut in - 6).
I have an idea about it connected with the past tense of a Scottish word meaning to dance. The trouble is I have only eight of the alternatives not nine so need to go back to find the remaining one. At the moment I have four in across clues and four in down ones.

Not started yet! What letters do you have alwayspuzzled?

Haven’t looked but isn’t it

Souled

Ou L(ecturer) in Sed (Latin for but)?

I have L for the starting letter from 18d uncoils/oncowls ?? could be wrong though!

Haven’t looked at others but if you’re right it would be

Louped Scots for danced

I think it's LOUPEN (L+open with u in)
No idea yet as to which alternatives to select

I agree with LOUPEN, but as all 6 letters are given in wordplay it can't be one of the nine. I have 8 of them, and al full grid apart from 15A where I have -YAN. I reckon this is one of the nine, but I can't tease any meaning out of "Reynolds casually" for -YAN unless there is a Ryan Reynolds casual connection. RR is a Canadian actor, but why "casually"?

If I'm right I'm nowhere near knowing what to do, however.

Looks right.

Isn't Cyan greenish blue?

Yes, sunray, but it's the other -YAN I was bothered by. Still no idea what to do, after another too-many-minutes staring. Is it relevant that the title is in French, or is it the meaning we're after?