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It is the works that are 12 letters. The author's name is part of the '20 further letters'

The 12 refers to the 'generic works'.
The author's name (in the grid) is part of where they are kept.

I have the 20 shaded letters in the framework but inside i have 15 letters which don't seem to be any sense?

Typical ...as soon as i submit i see it!!

Another fun puzzle but before I put it away can I get the wordplay for.....

3d Second pair of directors get Willow in close again (6)

I'm sure of my answer but cannot parse one single letter of it!

......and of course, I see it within seconds of posting!

Brendan, I immediately thought of you when I saw one of the instructions - 'to be highlighted in a different colour'. That'd please you!

Hi Malone,

Most definitely - I decided to go with with some "flowery" colours 😉

Having totally failed to make any headway with last week's puzzle, I've managed to redeem myself (a little) this time. I have a completed grid, and have found the framed works and their surroundings, but I'm still head-scratching over parses of three clues:
12 - I thought the extra letter would be C, which with the first two letters of the answer, yields a kind of wheel. Extra appears to be E
15 - Couldn't unravel the wordplay at all! Filled in from definition and adjoining letters.
42 - First 4 letters give 'endlessly seek', and there looks like a partial anagram for the rest of it, but it wouldn't quite work for me. Is this where the final missing S should come from?

Thanks in advance!
David

12a S shaped is the defn
15a REALA is the feminine of 'realo' (a male member of the German Green party) with L(ake) inside and E (=250, numeral) on the end

42a 'briefly seek' = CHAS(e) + SID(e) = 'division' + I(n) + M(ass) with S missing