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Crates, yes I meant 10a, not 20a. Sorry about that.

Nothing to be sorry about … you gave the clue so could only be that …

Much gentler than Eclogue’s EV offering this weekend with the theme emerging quickly. The geographical clanger at 22 aside, a pleasant diversion so renewed thanks to Eclogue.

Agree ... I'm still unsure about title ... probably missing something obvious ...

As it was a fairly straight-forward fill - gave more time for the Listener which I found more demanding ...

Re. the title... disregarding the opening indefinite article (as I think that's just there to reference the J B Priestley play) I interpreted it as an aural allusion to the pre-modification 1a (with a preposition that describes the post-modification 1a's relationship to it) followed by a simple synonym.

I do hope that is helpful, yet simultaneously suitably obtuse for anyone who hasn't yet twigged the theme!

thanks robt --- my initial interpretation - just wasn't sure it flowed ...