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I have struggled with this but I am down to my last two which I think are both themed.
16ac ???U?
14dn ???E?T?R?O?
Any hints?

I can't count! 14dn is not themed but I still need a hint

Hi Griffin

16ac Very hard is HH for very hard pencil. The first H is a theme letter.

14d is two words - 3,8. The definition is outside. It's not a theme word.

I'm down to my last five!

43ac, 47ac, 48ac, 44d, 38d and 26d (well that makes six) Five of them must be theme words unless I've made a mistake somewhere else.

Thanks Roof
4 of the 6 are themed, the two that aren't are 43ac, two words (4,5) and 38dn (5,3)
47ac the snake is a squeezer
48ac the loo is male
26dn think car registration
44dn think Cerne
Happy Christmas

Many thanks Griffin

I'm nearly there now, but must retire for the night.

I now have 43ac and 38d

I also have parts of all the rest. My problem is finding the theme letter that goes with each. I have A, G, V and W left. I'd already got 47ac. I shall sleep on the rest.

Hi Griffin and everybody

Thanks for the hints. I'd already got 47ac, most of 48ac and 44d.

I've now finished it having corrected a couple of mistakes and identifying a further theme word - the B at 21d. That explains why I couldn't find the word in my dictionary!

Thanks for all your help during the past year. Sometimes I've thought I'm losing it and nearly given up.

Happy Christmas to you all.

Now I must go and cook some more

I thought that I had finished but noticed I had two U’s and no J. I have U’s at 8D and 47A both of which seems appropriate. Should one of them be a very unusual J?

Sorry, I meant F not J

47a is Q

8d is N