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Can anyone help with 37 and 39 across. Thanks.

37a extra letter s which comes from hug(s) in wordplay

39a c is extra letter. Wordplay is a a number in reverse which can mean an unspecified large amount. Number begins with T

Hi Dja, things looking good at Stamford Bridge.....so far!

A minor miracle Brendan!

Thanks DJa - all finished now.

All sorted except the missing letters in 38a and 1d. Can someone enlighten me please. Thanks in advance

RobP86 1d the spare letter arises from the anagram (new) of age. I think the spare in 38a is half of 'morning' - usual abbrev.

Got there in the end having worked out the author, then the book and quote. Still not completely clear on some eg 21a got the answer, know the spare letter but?? Same thing with 27a and 39a...how on earth is their a c involved?!

Still, quite pleased.

Thanks Granama1

21a - Think of the name of the car in The Dukes of Hazard

27a - regressive military = lim ie mil reversed then the extra letter in front of whats remains is a manoeuvre

I think you need a much more famous (3 letters) general than the one with the same name as the clue answer - then remove the last letter. The first four letters = Latin abbrev. for 'in the time of'.

The C comes from the 2 letter abbrev. for scilicet ('ten' is the 'large number').

...my other civil war 'General' wasn't one - he was an attorney! Sorry about that, although the 3 letter one is fine (and that's all you really need, granama1).