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Thanks orson, I'm all done now!

Thanks brendan
In the end I had solved the puzzle other than understanding the parsing of those two clues which I now do.

All done bar 36ac. I have EP?AST and can’t find a word to fit.

Patch49, your E is wrong - and the 36 A answer is distinctly odd-looking!

Thanks Malone. Just had to swap adjective for adverb!

Brendan, re post 45: I think the answer is split 6/5, as the man's name has no 's' on the end, and the clue would not appear to justify one.

The last word in the wordplay is a plural, isn’t it, indicating an S at the end of the title?

Yes. I withdraw my previous post. I was taking the last three words to be part of the wordplay, with flower = river = r, and the puzzle's title to refer to the head of the family. I think, and hope, the less devious solution (everybody else's) is correct. Apologies, Brendan!

No problem Portmantony👍

Hi, I'm all done except for 20A, where I've got ma?t?e.

Am I looking for a scottish word for Brit?