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PS - Malone asked me to post, she will be along later.

I'm travelling abroad very early tomorrow so am uncertain whether I'll be able to buy the paper as per usual. Please could someone be so kind as to email me a copy of puzzle 4706? My email is - removed by Admin as email sent
Thanks in advance!

Done - enjoy!

Orientfan. Puzzle sent, previous message didn’t mean we’d completed it ! Looked misleading.

Many thanks!

I’ll take out your email address for security purposes if you’ve got the email.

That was hard graft but well worth it. Brilliant work from eXternal.

Thanks eXternal. Lovely puzzle.

After reading the preamble I feared another long grid stare. However some of the necessitated letter changes were quite obvious which led to a swift conclusion. Some parsing left to do and I'm not totally happy with the definition in 22a - but a lovely puzzle with some very tricky clues.

Lovely puzzle eXternal and some interesting clues.
Nice reminders of our daughter’s 21st birthday present half a lifetime ago. Thanks for the memory.
Particularly liked 37 across.