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I normally quickly polish off the Inquisitor as a warm up for the Listener, but this one is proving a little more troublesome than usual. I've pretty much finished the endgame, but am still struggling on a couple of things. They include the parsing of 36d and everything to do with 27 down.

As an aside, I can't believe how just one additional letter can make it so much harder for me to solve an anagram. The themed words in the down clues have taken me forever...

Cheers,
Suzannah

SusannahJ, in 36 Down, 'sorry' is the anagram indicator, to be used when the long word has 'benefit' removed. The last two words are the definition.

36 anagram the long word after removing the letters in BENEFIT

27, chief and board are 2-letter abbreviations, rowers are also what they use to row. 2nd word in clue is extra.

SusannahJ, in 27 Down, two of the first three words form the definition. There's the usual 'chief', the usual 'rowers' , the latter having 'board' inside .

I knew I could rely on you two, so thanks Buddy and Malone. The indian word was a new one for me, but I should have seen the anagram for 36d!

Hopefully, I can take it from here without needing to pick your formidable brains again, but I'm not making any promises... I might be back!

SuzannahJ, glad we could help. This puzzle was a delight!

Agreed that this is a fabulous puzzle, with so many different elements to think about. I'm just about done now, apart from 11a. I thought I had the answer, but mine doesnt have a 'c' in it, which I need for the endgame.

I also can't parse 16a, which I'm hoping has an extra word with a 'u' in it.

Oh, and the four hidden words in the grid - is one of them just hidden in another of them?

Suzy x

Hi Suzannah,

11a anagram of "at" (i)n "cue" - there is an extra word.

16a yes, extra word. It's "regional" and "authority" with "vacancies"

Suzy, re the 4 words - yes, that's what I've got, two of them ovelapping.

Good work Brendan! I can put this one to bed now...