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yes, hkwstuck - you got it ...

great - all done - thank you all so much!

Just figured out why i always seem to be late to the party. It's first Monday, not first Sunday. Deurgh...

BTW Hugh, if you read this: give Hamish his daily cryptic job, purrrrlease

Commiserations, Nikki!
My biggest fear, when nearing the end of typing in solutions or scrolling down again to check my entries, used to be that I would hit the 'submit' button with my fat fingers...
Now, I fill in my email address at the top only when I'm ready to submit.

I realised only a couple of days ago that I had spent so much time working on Listener entries that I had not looked at this month's Genius, so I was late to the party.
Thanks to all who gave hints and tips this time round. This meant that I could complete the puzzle without having to submit my own plea for help with recalcitrant clues!

Well, there it is; the dust settles for another month. Thanks to all who commented and helped others out along the way; it was fairly tricky, I thought, given stuff was missing from each clue. Well done to everyone who finished it (or even just had a go!).
H/S

Hamish - as I will be the only contributor getting notice of your post, let me represent all of us in congratulating you on a clever if fiendish puzzle. More please ....

Ha! Thanks for the kind words, and for the help you give to other solvers. I'll do more whenever I'm allowed - I've got a couple on the go at the moment, both of which are irritating to set the grid for (and which I imagine will be infuriating for the solver as well).
If you're after more of this sort of thing, then I run 1 Across (www.1across.co.uk) where we publish themed puzzles, some hard, some easier; you'll find Chameleon, Wire, Eclogue, Chalicea, Phi, Hieroglyph, Chorybdis and others. Pretty much anything goes with the puzzles as long as I find them fun when I test solve them!