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If it's the clue answer, unclued it is -
Scots dialect for 'teach' (4 letters) around 'the' - def 'beat'/hit.

Thanks again, Tatters. Much appreciated!

Thanks again drxx.

Hello all, I’ve struggled to get through this one, but only have two parts of the grid to tidy up:

5dn, I have the answer to the clue, but would be grateful if someone could give me a hint to the context of the replacement.

41dn, I have the answer but it has two different spellings in chambers and I can’t fully parse the wordplay

I cannot solve the clue for 6ac and need more of a hint. There are a lot of possibilities for the substitution, and not many of them seem to fit the bill so far as the theme is concerned. Is this a sporting reference?

I thought 1 ac was very unfair. Having been on 1ac several times I was wondering what this obscure WT was, and I needed some good fortune to investigate the other interpretation, which is something I know nothing about at all.

No idea about the final step; I hate these word searches.

The two letters in the middle of 41 = 'child'.
The context for 5 would include silver + gold at the other extreme.

Inevitably, as soon as I posted about 6a I solved it. I assume that the context is a prize, but I will need to check this. Now to search the grid.

I think quite a lot of this puzzle was unfair, foinavon (but your name should have helped with that one!).
For 6ac I thought the replacement was particularly obscure (almost as bad as 35d!) but you've obviously got the answer now).

...sorry, foinavEn (that might explain it!).

My initial verdict was also that several of the thematic entries were unfair, but since I managed to complete the puzzle I’ll settle for “wilfully obscure”. In these difficult times I am all for a challenging puzzle, but am not too keen on one which mostly involves fruitless internet searching!