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Many thanks Loge. I had the timber originally, then thought fell=RISE in an incorrect deletion, and parsed as SALAD leaves mising AD ante diem - though of course that would be before the day, not the day before. Thanks again!

Very good puzzle although, with my username, I really should have sussed it more quickly!

loge - thanks vm.

you have written 39 twice in your response. which of the last two downs has the extra word?

and yes of course 6d is obvious where the extra word has been used - d'oh! i was obsessed with 6d remains being linked to 6a somehow (which i couldnt parse) - but of course i now realise that wouldnt have been a long enough word to exclude - double d'oh!

Sorry for typo AndyP. 39 is the one with the extra word. 38 is a normal clue.

On 36, I read this as SEVAEL i..e LEAVES 'fell' dropping 'EVE', 'the day before'.
Some pretty tricky clueing and obscure definitions ("TEMS" anyone?) making for a tough one overall, esp. if you don't look at the removed letters!

thanks loge - so is the 39 extra word, one of the 8 extra?

Also 38, i see the wordplay - but dont see how the remaining words form the def?

Final loose end for me - where is the 8th extra removed word - am i right in thinking there are 4 across and 4 down?

Final loose end for me - where is the 8th extra removed word - am i right in thinking there are 4 across and 4 down?

Yes the 39 down extra word is one of the eight. I made it 5 acrosses and 3 downs for this set.

In 38 the first 4 words are the definition. Prime elements means letters in prime number positions, not initial letters.