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4th thematic is r??gd??e it doesn’t go with 1a.

Nick goes with colin

Smithsax

Much harder if you'd never come across the 7th in this context.

4th thematic -goes with 4D. Its other meaning is another diminutive of the same name.

5th thematic is the 10 letter word = 1 ac

4D - extra word 'Nick' both diminuitives of 'Nicholas'
4th thematic 3 letter Northern England word for meadow + abbrev for daughter inside common 4 letter word for ramble/roam - but it does not go with 1A - you are right on your answer (10 letters) which is the 5th thematic clue.
4th thematic goes with last across answer (5 letters)

Thanks all
Had not come across the Colin/Nick connection before and have now found I made an error in another thematic. Interestingly, despite this, my completed grid with 7th word was completely correct.

New to me too and my name is Nicholas....

Quite welcome to have an easy puzzle after last week’s numerical conundrum. I had barely completed it and it was time to download 4504. I have to admit that it was only after referring to the forum that I realised that the extra words in the normal clues were synonyms for the wordplay only clue answers; I thought they constituted a clue for the seventh answer!

I am still at a loss for the relevance of the title. I have the 2013 edition of Chambers so maybe something is missing. Can anyone help me to link my falcon/merlin to the title? Also my last unsolved clue is "Mine's opening and its closure, still not finished. Thanks.

Your last clue is Eye

End of mine and ye(t)


Milky definition number 4 should help.

Gentle

M - were you familiar with this meaning of 'gentle'?