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The P is wrong, novice.

...what have you got at 28d?

Thanks just realised my error.

I was counting a checked letter- must look harder.

Is it something to do with a work about the environment?

That's the one.

Liked that Nelson and realised I HAD heard of it before. I’ve come back to this now so here goes again....

"(ac ross) answer lengths are given in ascending order, which is not necessarily that of the three entries or their clues"

Could some kind soul please help me make sense of that?

The answer lengths are always in the same order:short, longer, longest.
(Each actual entry being one character less than the number given in each case.)
However, the three clues that are run together might be in any order: e.g. longer, short, longest.
Does that help?

Bobby, it's not as complicated as it first appears. I might make a hash of this...

There are three clues A, B and C.

There are three given answer lengths 1,2 and 3.

There are three entries X, Y and Z.

Clue A could have answer length 1 and go at position X(or Y or Z)
Clue A could have answer length 2 and go at position X(or Y or Z)
Clue A could have answer length 3 and go at position X(or Y or Z).

Clue B...the same reasoning.
It's basically to make it harder for the solver I think - work out what constitutes the clue and then answer it without knowing the exact length.

Very much so, Nelson. Thank you😀