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They're both wrong, jigjag. The third letter of 3d and the 1st and 3rd of 32d. They're both thematic.

orson

thanks. In that case it must be feeder (which I did not think of) and is thematic as you say.

I thought copse was thematic but I must have 39A wrong but I dont see why.

32d is an old famous Roman ...

Scarlett

Thanks for your hint - I have got it now, and finished.

I am probably being pedantic but does 1D work. I have put in the plural ending in -s, to fit in with the wordplay, but if I remember my schoolboy Italian correctly, the plural of feminine nouns changes "a" to "e", as in casa, case.

What is the plural in Chambers (which I dont have)?

Jigjag, Chambers doesn't specify a plural - which indicates it's just the 's', I think.

Malone

Thanks - I will take your advice and leave the s in.

I suppose the word has now become an "English!?" word, like stadium with an s as plural. Personally I hate "stadia" which just sounds contrived.

Jigjag, I've checked out Merriam Webster and Collins. Both of these dictionaries give both plurals, the 'as' and the 'e'.

Malone

Thanks for checking that - the 2 versions make sense - and I have remembered my Italian which I am pleased about.

Jigjag, I welcome any chance to have a reason to look in dictionaries, so I was quite happy. Well done on remembering the Italian. It's strange how some parts linger in our brains, others vanish completely.