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Hi Bazotto, I'm sorry to hear about the ape flu, but glad that you've survived to tell the tale. And evidently still in good humour.

1st of 23 is P; 3rd of 9 is P; 7th of 20 = 5th of 44 = N

Thanks Meursault. My mistake, I meant crossing at 44ac and 27dn. Then I can get the scissors out and try to keep glue and dog away from each other. Presumably the "pact" will reveal itself then.

Yes, 44 & 27 intersection is Y. Most of the 'PACT' is already there in the grid. With the column changes it shuffles along a bit and collects a P. The ambiguity is caused by both Us in the new row 8 pointing to desired Es in row 1. But only one keeps (P)ACT intact.

Thanks again Meursault. It all fits into place now.

You're welcome, Bazotto. Dog will stick to you like glue now...

He he. Moulting attention-seeking Retrievers are never conducive to doing anything that doesn't include them, Meursault! I'm afraid I went off on one of my tangents again and took the title too literally. Revolution in Spanish would replace the T with a C, and being feminine would need the removal of the U to be replaced at the end with an A. Ergo since C and A are both in PACT, well you can see why that didn't quite work out. Hmm. Thanks for mentoring me - I'm becoming more confident even if I don't always get it right first try.

No problem, Bazotto. I think you weren't the only one to wonder whether the title should be taken literally. And when I saw it first, I thought that there must be a relevant anagram of 'into Spanish'. We become very suspicious, perhaps too suspicious ! Until next week...