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44D struggle is TOIL, extra letter O

Extra letters in across : 5,12,16,18,20,29,30,31,35,36,41,42,44; down : 1,4,6,8,13,21,26,28,31,35,38.

Thanks meursault.

Your Scottish Dictionary should be useful.
I found bitch-f??. I will have to send that to my friend in Glasgow.

Though it has not helped me with 28d yet.

Sunray, the 'hot drink' might be more for me than you...

You're welcome, Sunray. One of the letters of F?? is extra. Then there's a 4-letter word for 'crave'. Whole thing is a variant spelling of a Chinese tea.

Thanks malone.
I moved from tea drinking place to coffee drinking place.
But I still drink tea once a day.

I spell the answer with two OO.
That is why it took time to get the significance of Fou.

Oops.It should have been F??.

Thanks meursault.

Thanks, Sunray. As a Scot, the drunk word is totally normal to me - it's been in my vocabulary for decades.

I have found 3 extra words. I’m guessing there may be 2 more. Do I need to be good at origami for final step?

Hi Fgsltw, extra words in across : 1,14,25 ; down : 11,27.
My fingertips aren't very good, and I'm useless at fiddly little tasks like origami. But you can visualise the theme without needing to making the cuts (though the cut up grid is probably required if you send in your solution). Just one vertical fold in the middle.

I have filled the grid and I am quite happy with that. I followed the instruction and cut out the five extra words. However, I cannot see how to fold the crossword and I cannot see a book or author in the grid. I would appreciate a gentle nudge about how I should proceed. Thanks.