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Aha! Spotted my mistake in 17a / 12d. Done!

Could be Brendan, but it's given as a single word in Collins.

Thanks Brendan at 89.
I missed that misprint, silly.
Have now finished and cut out my shape and relocated it. Great fun.

Hi Loge, I see what you mean - I'm sure you're right :-)

Thanks and well done Umanna:-)

Thanks Lumen, it is such a visually pleasing puzzle to finish - I don't send mine in so went a bit overboard and not only coloured in tweety pie but drew a thick black border around it 😀

The new 12d is in my Chambers (1994).

Can someone please put me out of my misery: cannot parse 42d or 52a
All else done. Thanks

52A is the one requiring a string of letters to be removed.

defn small, anag (repaired) of what's left

42D (I think) usual abbr for lecturer, expert (2,2), with the rest being the defn

42: the last three words are the definition (with R misprinted as D)
L(ecturer) + two-word phrase meaning expert on

52: This is the one with a string of letters to be removed. If you do that the clue is Small ---t seen recently finally repaired

All clear thanks: completely forgot the extra clue instruction. Doh...