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Grid all filled in 2+ hours, and messages discovered ... but what on earth is the last 43-cell bit? Google seems no help. Time to watch the telly, I think, and hope that inspiration strikes.

30 of them are obvious but the others look a bit random (as it's yet another one for the usual suspects, I'll happily leave it at that).

if you look at the source material closely drxx, you’ll see the remaining cells match perfectly

Really enjoyed this - challenging clues, interesting theme and neat endgame

Thanks Pandiculator

Happy to take your word for that, candledave.

...and yes, you're right (still looks messy, though}.

Very neat! Congratulations, Pandiculator.

Neat, indeed. Except that 10A seems a bit unsatisfactory. I know what the answer has to be, but the clue doesn't really work for me. It's far too early for hints, I feel, so please just take that as a minor complaint rather than a request for help.

rhsl - I hope that when you "see" 10a you'll find it as amusing as I did.

Very clever final result, but isn't it reversed?