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Thanks candledave, I have the containing word I think but the middle is foxing me. Perhaps tomorrow the penny will drop.

Got it - I had 25ac wrong. Thanks again candledave.

A second week that has stretched me. I think it’s a beautiful construction and was a joy to wring out some progress at each step. One answer I have but I can’t parse, but I’ll wait for it to be published to see how. Thank you Raven.

I've ground o a halt. I have author, translator and title, but in such a long work I can't see how to find the force and its world.
I'd also appreciate tips for 15ac, 19ac and 29ac
Thanks

Dylan, I'm more or less in exactly the same place other than I am struggling to parse the second answer that is entered normally.

15a - 2 letter abbr + 3 letter service in 5 letter show of scorn minus its last letter

19a - word in clue minus 3 letters + 2 letter abbr in 5 letter word for more basic

29a - this is a dodgy definition for me and has been covered in earlier posts by drxx

Gitto, at the risk of being too obscure - to parse the second normal entry,
reverse the word, and divide it in half. The second half is an abbreviation of a much longer word that is normally known as a waterproof covering.

The preamble is utterly confusing me. I have two groups of 6 words, but I can't find the quotation so I do not know if those words are correct. Also, what am I supposed to shade, logic tells me it is 32 cells but nothing states that you must outline the sphere of influence - which seems strange to me.

Thanks mattrom, all clear now (for that answer, not the end game).

I have now decided that I must highlight 30 cells.

The quote was pretty much the first that popped up when I started Googling. (There's also one that seems to relate more to the puzzle title than the actual quotation).

Mixed feelings on this. Some of the clueing seemed rather obscure given all the other puzzle techniques involved. Struggled for a while then a few letters on the perimeter made the author/translator obvious. So at one point I had a half empty grid and a complete perimeter!

I'm reasonably sure I've completed the whole thing but some (2) of the letter groups from the end game don't seem particularly associated with 'a word in the quotation' while the rest clearly do. I'm missing something but not sure what. I'll have a ponder and move on to the Inquisitor.