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I have the answer to 38dn but can’t see how the answer works. The definition must be the first word.

Sorry I meant 36dn.

36: First word is the def as you say, in the sense of something very easy. It's formed by taking a word for "rolling" (in the adjectival sense, think eyes) and replacing all three Gs with Ds.

Thank you loge. I have finally finished the clues and now just have the code to work out.

Could someone kindly help with my last clue....39 across?

The definition is the last two words. There is hollow AIR in GREAT and an extra letter.

I have a grid fill but am not happy with 27. I can only see one 6 letter likely answer which fits the first two words. The third word is removed but then I have the final word, and I cannot make sense of that.

39a Grand = MEGA, hollow air = AR. There's an extra letter O in there, the second word is superfluous and the definition is the last two words.

I've completed the grid; I need to crack the code (I think) although the whole title fits nicely. I thought the last six letters refer to the title but that doesn't seem to lead to anywhere.

Thanks orson and foinaven. I had a "G" as first letter of 40 down making 39 unsolvable...doh!
@foinaven 27 is a four letter word with an "M" added. It is a triple definition and 3rd word is redundant.

Foinaven, 27 is a triple definition (I think).

Thanks - I had a six letter word meaning BEAT. It turns out that BEAT is the rare meaning!

I have an ambiguity in th the letters omitted from 43 and 44, which is resolved, it seems, by the sixth word of the message. I would like the missing letter in 44 to be N, but my answer to that does not contain an N and it is somewhat vulgar. So everything fits nicely apart from this problem