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This is quite intricate. Took me some time to decipher the theme which I hadn't heard of but am glad I have now! I'm left with one letter I'm not certain of: the first of 18d. I can see two alternatives, but am tending now towards the mechanised rather than the feathered option. Or...?

I'd go with the other.

yes, you're right

Thanks to the Big Dave blog I see that the setting team are apologising for an error in clue 6 down, where MINUS should be PLUS.

rad

Thanks, yes, they made a bogey not a birdie on the 6th hole.

Only once I’d had the pdm did I recall that my grandson had a temporary attachment at the residence and had met the eminent thematic subject.

An excellent two hour puzzle - thanks Vismut😊

15a - Caught off man’s iron from St Andrews (4)

My answer is a Scottish word for "iron" but the wordplay seems to be suggesting that if I add a C to it I'll get a word for "man" - instead I get a word for a heap of stones or a terrier. Have I got the wrong word?

Brendan, I too had wondered about that - but Bradford's lists Cairn under Man, so it must be justifiable somehow! I know that's not terribly informative, but it takes a little of the puzzlement away.

Apologies for giving that answer away!

Brendan, I rechecked Chambers and the answer is given under Man.