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Dylan, write down half a dozen or so of your extra words, they'll have something in common - which will allow you to 'systematically extract' a letter.

Dylan. Stare very hard at your grid’s second row.

Lewap. Your analysis is correct. Neither is given under ruin in Chambers. Both have ruin as one of their definitions

Well, this all seems to make sense except that I don't understand the definition for 26d....a hint, anyone?

Blacksaint. As every letter can be crosschecked, it’s only for satisfying your curiosity. Try the obtained word in Google and you’ll get a computer game.

Ah, OK, thanks - I had googled but ignored the computer game...I would have expected a hint in the clue that this was a virtual adventurer, not a real one, but maybe I need to revise my expectations!

I’m still struggling with 1a. I believe I have the British resort, but still can’t parse.

Hi MPRS,

I was stuck on the parsing for a while as well. It's the name of a Canadian bird/"singer" with one of the L(ines) becoming "nothing" giving the "resort".

Mathprof, the resort would be a Canadian singer if the penultimate letter was different . The relevant bit would be 'nothing for one line'.

Thank you, both. You essentially have to figure out the entry and reverse engineer the clue. Never heard of the _________ warbler.