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As it's a numerical puzzle this week...

Keep hints as hints and don't reveal any answers. Gentle nudges towards the theme can be sought, and given, here - but there should be no revealing of the theme itself.

Early finishers posting here should ensure their comments don't give away ... anything!

Initial scan suggests this could be quite tough, I can only find 60 numbers less than 200 that satisfy the criteria in the preamble (not the 61 quoted), which is not a good start....

Found the 61st now. Phew.

odorousharold - i too am stuck at 60. surely 1 (not a prime number) isn't the 61st?

Cockie, you can raise to the power 0

d'oh!

Bravo Elap. Enjoyed that very much.

Didn't think this one quite lived up to Elap's last Listener numerical, but maybe that was a high bar in terms of endgame-payoff to meet. Nevertheless, thanks for the puzzle, Elap. I suspect (could be wrong) that folks who aren't doing a bit of coding to help them on their way might find this one a bit of a trudge, in terms of both gridfill and one component of the endgame.

I have a complete grid fill, but I have no idea what "uses a different parameter" means. Can this be explained without giving anything away? (I have the coded message.)

Cockie, think about words 3 to 4 in the message.