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Thanks, malone

Thank you for the hint and the reminder to post clue. Really appreciate it

Not sure what’s going on here. I’ve got the author but can’t make any sense of the preamble regarding the top and bottom rows.
I’ve got a possible anagram of a character by another author, but it doesn’t tie in with anything else.

Very gentle hint would be welcome, thank you.

Cloverjo, I think you're on the right lines. The character is really the theme, it's the author bit, the one that we have to highlight, that's a slight side issue.

Thanks again malone. More thinking required

Cloverjo, I might have been less helpful than I intended! The description, top row, of your character (bottom) is what led to the author, who 'used the theme'... later. Hope that's of use.

Macavity, thanks, glad I could help. There are helpful people on here, but not everyone sees all the papers, crosswords. I don't do the Guardian puzzles,for example, so I like it when clues appear on the Forum and I get the chance to have a bash!

Malone @8, and all the cleverer because every other “feature” is in the grid.

I was wondering why there is no mention of the Chambers Dictionary this week!

As always my word search for the author is proving futile. I am also unsure about the unchecked letter in 1 across. I can see the 'sound-alike' starting at 4 across but can't think of anything which would go in front of that. I assume that 47, 48 and 49 across form an anagram. Back now to grid staring.