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Swapping the words around proved to be a lot more straightforward than I feared at first. Once I had guessed at the theme a quick google search instantly found the song/composer/lyricist which enabled a fairly rapid conclusion to the grid-fill. All clues are fair and are well structured. One of the easier Listeners for a while.

Am I alone in not finding this as straightforward as gitto?

It's certainly not my easiest of recent weeks. Started slowly but it's beginning to fall. I shall come back here if and when I have finished. I will be interested to see the general consensus.

I think it depends how quickly you get the theme. Once you do you can fill a lot of the grid which helps speed things up immensely.

Once I got the theme, I could quickly fill the grid and find song etc but didn’t track the initial letters of displaced words. Is there any point in going back to identify them?

Only if you can be bothered.

I have them but they just give a big hint as to theme.

Got the theme and yes, it suddenly becomes a whole lot easier.

Hi, Having trouble with 1D. I have the letters from 1A, 6A & 12A but don't understand the clue. A hint would be appreciated.
Thank you.

Having difficulty parsing 28a and 24d. Think I have an idea of the reasoning behind 24d but would be grateful for corroboration. In 28a I can’t see a suitable word for brilliant. Any feedback would be much appreciated.

Hi, supersub,

You are looking for a US brewery. This one was established in Milwaukee in 1844, and its most famous beer is called “Blue Ribbon”.

You have to replace the first word of the clue with a word from 2dn to make sense of the wordplay.