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Has anyone completed this? I've solved about half of the clues so far but, as I can't parse all of them, it's difficult to know which one's have the extra letter. It's good fun though and I'm really enjoying it:-)

I have, Brendan, so shout out if necessary.

Yes, Brendan, I did it all this morning. Post any particularly troublesome clues!

PS I put a big X beside any clues that definitely didn't have an extra letter, and closely looked at the clues above and below the ones that definitely did! Some were more obvious than others.

How about 8d - I've got the usual 4 letter word for girl + O(ld) but that leaves ED for 'bit of cloth' - even if I take letters from 'cloth' I still can't make it match ED?

Brendan, the affected clues have an extra letter in their wordplay - not in the words. In that clue, there's an N, missing from End, bit of cloth.

Ah! I see (I think) -

So in 27a I've got a word meaning "example" and it's an anagram of the last word minus the N - - is that wrong then?

Yes, Brendan, that's right - and it's still missing from wordplay, rather than just removing a letter from a word. I hope this makes sense!

...sort of!

So in 7d, there's an E removed from 'HE' (the man) - is that right?

Brendan, for me the concept is easier to recognise than define!

Yes, to your 7D reasoning.

Thanks Malone, I think I've got it.

PS Looks like we were thinking along the same lines re "pull":-)