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Indeed Jack, though the thematic word is so cleverly disguised that young sailors singing about “my Irish child” hardly sprang to mind. The down mythological entry did have me considering Richard Strauss for a while!

The mythological pair (together) put me rather more in mind of Gluck.

All to often recently, after an enjoyable and informative, nay, entertaining solve, gridfill and resolution of the hidden messages and (in this case) entry method, I find myself engaged in a wordsearch, where the words to be searched are very much in the nature of "guess what I'm thinking". Yes I know the 6 letter Teutonic adjective has a different meaning without its initial capital.

I can see the star of "A Few Good Men", row 7. Presumably the wee smiley fella has an acting relative? GOOGLE. Oh yeah the doctor from "Lost" is his cousin and uses the 8 letter part of their surname. Good old Bill! I can see an actor (3,4) In row 2. GOOGLE him and the germane word. Oh, apparently, he's similarly related to somebody who played Boris Johnson'e fiancee. (is this right? Ed) Is the literary connection Jane EYRE? Did she have a cousin? GOOGLE. Oh yeah The Reverend related to Comedienne Joan. ( I KNOW that's wrong Ed)

I'm not sure if the other cross is similar in shape, It could be be a saltire. The mythical name and his her cousin continues to elude me.

Please let's have some puzzles where the majority of solving time is spent grappling with clues, misprints, secret messages and not seemingly perpetual poring through an already solved grid for tenuously connected thematic words which we can only find by Googling.

Could somebody put me out of my misery regarding the Classically crossing names of cousins or other relatives. I CAN handle the truth!

Turast, I enjoyed your post - interesting and entertaining.

The last two are in the bottom right. One begins O, the other P. I know very little of mythology, but the P one leapt out at me - that was the first pair I got.

Hi, having trouble parsing 13a, a hint would be most welcome. Apart from that and one pair from literature I have a completed grid without really understanding the first line of the preamble. I assume a knowledge of a foreign language is called for.

Supersub, 13 is R(ule) + US composer (first name Charles) around R(ight). Bach is a thematic word - when translated you get your definition.

Thanks Loge. All done now. Thanks

Thanks, Malone. I guess I'm just really bad at Wordsearches. The pair of names from mythology which I'd been unable to see, (and thanks to you I do see now), should have been, given my knowledge set and educational background, immediately glaring, but they weren't. Oh well.

Glad I could help, Turast. Sometimes, the harder we look the less we see!

Alas I'm still struggling with one of the pairs. Malone has helpfully suggested bottom right for the mythological pair but despite the biggest of possible hints I can't see them.

I am reluctant to ask but can you put me out of my misery so I can watch Newport County in the play-offs.