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Thanks drxx.

It seems the three words to be highlighted are O,A and P.

No O ,P and another one not the A.

You need the other person who caused the transformation of the character beginning with N.

sunray - if I understand who you mean by A, they should have been transformed in the final grid.

Hi Wakeling. Yes, it's a 2-step process. The group A answers alter the name 'N' into the name 'A', then the transformation of the same 5 letters results in S????

The names to be highlighted are L?????, O??? and P?????? - all of them are where the B answers have been swapped in, so not difficult to find.

I thought that Zeus was the one who turned N to stone ? L was the one who complained about the arrogance of N, but surely didn't have jurisdiction ?

Agreed Meursault. Slightly confused by alternative version of L's name which I was slow to find. Wikipedia says L was responsible via two others. And Wikipedia is authoritative of course, being Google's go-to source.

(I may not be a robot but I may choose to identify as one.)

In fairness, usually wikipedia is accurate. And if it isn't, and you're sure of your facts, you can provide corrections. Which might sound a little contradictory in the case of mythology. But I think that the wikipedia site simply says that she was turned to stone, without citing the turner. On the other hand this source says that Zeus turned all the Thebans to stone, and the woman in question, if not Theban, was married to one...https://www.britannica.com/topic/Niobe-Greek-mythology

I’m nearly there but can’t see the wordplay in 10dn Any ideas? Thanks.

Thanks wakeling.

Got to the end.

It's literal - Ali G is the 'chav from Staines' + N