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Considerably tougher this week, IMO. All done, but still unclear how misprint works in 18A; and not sure I have fully parsed 20D. In due course, would welcome a nudge please.

18a Replace the apostrophe with the required letter.
20d 'Saving' is the containment indicator - the 3rd (after adjustment) and 4th words together give the container.

Yes, I think it was quite challenging (and fun) but I was hoping for some real action - of the kind provided by the Crossword Centre's bonus puzzle this month. The wait goes on...

Sorry, it's the 4th (after adjustment) and 5th words for the container in 20d (maths gets me every time!}.

I don't get the wordplay to 22acr

I seem to have enumerations for the two messages as (11, 2, 4) and (6,2,4,6) . Thus 35 letters in all, but I would think there should be an even number for the total. I'm either missing an A or have one too many A's

buzz - it's 11,1,2,4.

Thanks, drxx - had the wrong answer at 20D, now clear

22A - the extra letter is in the second word. You need a word for a type of chemical backwards, then replace one-letter Germany with one-letter Luxembourg. I guess you know the clue answer anyway, and can backfill.

I cannot see how the acrosses have 18 added/deleted letters. There are 20 clues, two of which are for crosses and one of them is normal, leaving 17.