You were indeed! And I completely - and I mean completely - misunderstood your hint about this.
Ah well, today's seems a little more straightforward so far.
I'm sorry, Nelson - my 'hints' are sometimes more a hindrance than a help. I'll try harder! I'm not enjoying today's puzzle and am not finding it at all straightforward.
Your hints are always clever - but I'm not always very bright.
Today must be an exception as I have the theme and definitions - and only two blanks left to fill in. (Or to be strictly accurate, three - but I can guess one of them.)
Thanks for that, Nelson. Our differing experiences today just shows that what suits one solver doesn't necessarily suit another! I have solved only a dozen clues, haven't worked out how to enter 'thematically' and have no idea what's going on. I'll have a break and return to it later.