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Well, I have a full grid and all the extra letters but, for the life of me, I cannot see how they define one of the ring entries - this is going to take some serious thought!

It’s literally a literal definition; probably the only one you wouldn’t know anyway.

Will make sense of the concentric rings, as per preamble.

OMG! Thanks HW, I hadn't even looked at the definition for that word - how stupid of me 🤬

That made for a very pleasant surprise - getting about 20 extra letters in one hit!

I just have a mental block with 37 and 38 and can make no sense of either.

37 - def is at end. Unusual word for a bridge signal casing “with”

38 - love warble is def. First letter is dialectal for “he”

All done except 8. I also have answers for 27 and 31 where I can see the definition but not the full wordplay. Nudges would be welcome, thank you

Six-letter (obv) opera by Verdi. Possibly easier to get from (fair) wordplay than general knowledge…

Thanks, hw7. Not one I've heard of. His more famous one with 7 letters is one of my favourites.

Thank you CD . I had incorrectly put an "O" as the common penultimate letter at some point and there it stayed until you popped by.

All I need now is a hint to determine the ambiguous (to me) 5th letter of 27