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Tomsdad,

11a: It's (W) H-IL-E =EH "what" turned outside I (i.e."we" as in the i paper) L, with W the extra leter

22A: is N ("miner's heart) (O)+ STRUM(a) i.e. "tumour lacking absolute", with O the extra letter

Thanks muraria. I don't think I would ever have seen the "we as in the i" in 11a! And I was trying to make something of the word "tumour" in 22A.

Visited the forum with the same problem as tomsdad, and I too would never have made the leap from we to i in 11ac. Bit below the belt, that one! Coming to the end, finally, after spending far too long on the se corner after putting senora in for 40ac. Only when I realised that those big brown things growing in the park could be the answer to 38 did the penny drop.

Now I'm confused.
In the grid I highlighted the famous war film and the man in it - who was also in the second film. But I now see the female of the family in the grid, who was in the third film.
(Is this puzzle another 'Fedora?)'

Nelson, and there's not only one film available to be put in the grid! If you have the first film title (the jumbled one) it helps resolve things.

. . . and I now see the title on the other diagonal!
I should have realised that central cell was unchecked for a reason.
A definite Fedora.

Good, Nelson! I was trying to avoid saying too much earlier. Hope you have it all finished off now - or soon.

Yes nelson. With a title of "Wings It" I thought I had cracked it with the war film title and I searched for ages for the male name in the grid! But as you know it all worked out differently. Fedora indeed!
So I wonder what the significance of the title is?

Thanks Malone - your hint about the 'character' was a big help.
Toms Dad, I'm still wondering about the title myself.

Nelson, glad my hint helped. I've been mulling over the title - this could be a bit of a stretch... I'm wondering if Wings could be a synonym for the first part of the highlighted name, with the 'It' leading to the usual crossword two-letter word, abbreviation?