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Okay, many thanks Loge. I'll have a coffee and watch some football and then look at it again - hopefully I'll see what I'm missing:-)

Gitto, it is two words.

Loge. Following our discussion about the Floyd recently, did you wonder, at an early stage, whether the “group” referred to in the preamble could possibly be The Who? 45 across? 😉

That didn’t occur to me, SS, though I did follow a shoal of red herrings!

Loge, likewise. Great puzzle from Dysart in this month’s Magpie as well, which my wife has just sent off.

Gitto, I seem to have got to the same place as you. I could make low arts or maybe owl star which would be the constellation noctua. But all I see in the grid are Greek deities. Am I on the wrong track anyone?

I now have a full grid and will grid stare later. Can anyone help with the parsing of 45a? I can make it work but only if Jesus is an exclamation which really doesn't seem right. God would be more fitting but still not feeling right.
Thanks.

Yes granama1, it is Tommy for food, for is to, m is thousand, my is Jesus,

Any hint on 24a and 37a appreciated.
Thanks.

Hi Sunray,

24a - Is a royal house (Scottish name) with the initial letter moving/transplanting to the end - definition is "trees"

37a - 2 letter "bone" inside 4 letter "split" (as in 'ripped') - definition is "bulging".

Neither a common words - at least I'd never heard of them.