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I have made some headway and I can see some examples of the required repetition of the thematic clues.
I am left though with single words that fit part of the thematic clues but I can't progress beyond that.
As examples I have SOFA & PIETA which individually match part of the clues but then?

If you look through the list of thematic clues you will see-

Note religious picture.
Plain letter.
Island seat.

Therefore SOFA fits seat & SO & FA are two examples of note.

Your PIETA fits religious picture & PI & ETA are
( repeated - the crossword title)in letter.

You have therefore eliminated 4 of the thematic clues.

Hi k. Sorry to be a nuisance, but I think I need kid gloves with this one. All I seem to be coming up with are non-words. I've been fiddling with all day and I think I must be blind to something-again. Any more nudges would make my day.
Thanks again.
Laura.x

Hi Laura

Does the answer I've just posted help?

Come back if I can explain anything more.

Thanks k, I can now understand how the thematics are made up, but I still haven't picked up the four words in the top rift and bottom left which I imagine is the reason I'm at a bit of a loss. Also in the bottom right corner I seem to have non-words. I'm having a really bad week with this one. Like a dog with a bone though!
Laura.x

Laura -now that you can see the relevance of the crossword title it is not too important that you have 'Two Of A Kind' along the top right & bottom left of the grid.
The clue along the bottom is two counties and the full word 'retires'.

Good luck

Laura, did you get it finished?
I had managed only three of the thematic answers and had quite a few of the normal clues left unsolved when I took a look at the earlier posts. Thanks again to you K for your hints (I hope that you enjoyed the golf at the Open - a bit of foregone conclusion after Saturday - and a pity also that Rory McIlroy has such a bad round on Friday).
I spent a lot of time on some of the normal clues but when you have the answers you wonder why. However I think that I have got there in the end.
Best of luck to you all.

Hi newboy

Glad you got there in the end. Quite a lot to this crossword but it all fitted nicely together at the end.I was left with 'cup of old' but then I twigged the connection.
The final nine holes on Sunday were a bit of an anticlimax but I was full of admiration for young Ossthuizen who showed remarkable composure - worthy of his mentor Ernie Els whom I see a lot of in Louis. Rory Mcilroy was left ruing that round of 80 when a bit more determination could have kept him in touch. A good lesson for him.

Cheers K

Hello again. I'm nearly there, just the top left corner I'm still toying with. I'm down to 'cup of old' and 'function in country. How I wish I wasn't getting addicted to the ev!
Laura.x

Laura
Top line left for 'function'
Lower right for 'cup'

That should put this one to bed!