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Bland changes to bland. Brand is a label. Baseless means remove the e from that. Story initially is obvious. So labl+s around ia(ccepted)

Internal wotsit is the definition.
Leads to soreness around = sa
Pancreas = burr
Annus = a

After bland changes to bland, it changes to brand!

Thanks Jordan. Now to try to find the 10 letters to be removed! I had been looking for the thing the lady wishes to get rid of (6,4), but to no avail, so now seeing if I can spot something else.

0pt0 - Think "moved" rather than "removed".
In the play, when something appears to move our hero is defeated

Thanks Jordan. I have finally crawled over the line and now the title makes sense.

I have started this a week late.
Doing OK, about 66% of answers and the west half pretty much full.
Help please with:
Gnomes verify balance sheet including land (8)
Clue may have letter removed or swapped before solving.

Tricky but fun, and I needed that hint about how to move the block of ten. One small complaint, that comment about crone trio and Lady X sleep-talking was a bit early to be giving the theme away. Though maybe it’s because I’m so familiar with the work. The history is also interesting, and somewhat different from the work!

I hadn't read that spoiler!!

Hi, lumen. For "gnomes ..." it is a less common definition of gnomes. Parses 5 letter verify + 1 letter for "land" but first letter swapped, + 2 letters for balance sheet, although for those two letters balance sheet is not the first thing that comes to my mind. 😆

Ha ha thanks Darla.
Forgot that meaning of gnome.