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15 - four letter word for one, around three letter word for literary style. ‘I’ is extra (from the word for one).

20 - from is ‘A’… as in Thomas à Kempis (Thomas from Kempen)

…and ‘t is a shortened form of ‘it’ - ‘H’ being extra.

adeano, from the 7-letter carriage, fling (i)t + the extra letter

Thanks both, all clear now!

I'll join the chorus of approval; this was probably my smoothest solve to date, with enough theme-related surprises to keep the puzzle interesting and challenging. Great stuff.

There are a couple clues about which I'm still a bit unsure, however—I don't think I understand the definition of 18dn, although I have the wordplay and crosses. The opposite for 43ac; I have the definition but not quite all of the wordplay.

If you Google 18 down it should become clear - there’s a famous landmark associated with the answer… Probably my favourite clue!

43 across - a + synonym of “revelation”, losing n for navy and the extra letter, gives the answer

chrisremo, from the six-letter word for revelation, abandon the abbreviation for navy + the extra letter (which you know)

A very enjoyable puzzle! But I can't understand STOP in the title?

Delighted to complete one after a poor couple of weeks. Still puzzled about 12 down despite the comments on the thread above - anybody willing to assist? Thanks

The answer - hyphenated 2-2 - is Chinese self-applied acupressure massage.

Adding an extra letter gives a five letter word literally defined in Chambers as 'severe treatment', even though it sounds a bit Ray Winstone.