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I enjoyed this up until the time I tried to understand the 'thematic treatment' of the definitions. I found 3, 4 and 5 quite quickly - I think 2 is more attributable to a certain Mrs M but 1,6 and 7 eluded me. Thanks to help on this forum I now understand them. IMHO, however, they are less thematic treatments of a definition being more like obscure manipulation of second wordplay? Overall a fun puzzle though.

I’ve flown through this but am stuck at the start of the question. I have these letters - DO(D or H)IDE? which isn’t helping me. I’ve found one event but not sure it is the right one.

Hi Rickye,

Your letters are correct (ignoring the second D) but remember who is the subject - so use a S....ism on those first two words, and that gives you the beginning of the question.

I’ve got the 7th letter now

Of course. Thanks. All done!

granama1 (post 53)
Shouldn't that be "um tree"?

😂

I completed this one fairly easily, only looking at this thread for help with parsing! I still think that 9ac should have a 'D' in the middle!

Interesting point, Jif. A search for the answer (with no D) produces nothing of value. With the D there are several occurrences of this as an adjectival phrase describing the individual in question. But neither appear to be an actual nickname (unless I've missed something). So is this not an example of the kind of non-standard multi-word phrase (such as "blue trousers" or "clever girl") which setters aren't really supposed to use?

Not that it bothers me much, as the answer was (quite) easy to get and the overall solving experience was fun.