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Once I understood what was going on, my jaw dropped in amazement. What an absolute masterpiece of construction. Thank you Twin.

I've just twigged this and I'm astounded. I shall look forward to doing grid 2 in the morning. What a brilliant puzzle.

A very clever construction though the final product (correctly adapted I think) seems just a bit flat if pretty - unless I’ve missed something mind blowing.

Read it, Rickye. Flat it aint.

Aha! I have seen the light! Yes, very clever indeed.

Just a tiny doubt in my mind as to whether the quotation should be applied, in which case not all words are real. The rubric only mentions applying the instruction.

Yes, a very clever construction, in which filling the second grid preceded the completion of the first for me, and then helped with the first ( as did the carrying out of the instruction).

However, there is till some parsing I can't make out- 44ac, 20d and 29d still leave me puzzled, although I think In have the entries. Tips please?

Dylan
44a - wordplay is 1 + 5 - abbrev for 'navy' + 6 letter 'impudently' missing Rex. Short word omitted.
20d - fist word definition, then 3 letter 'humus' + a string of last letters.
29d - last 2 words definition, wordplay a 6-letter word for 'Lomboc eats' shortened. What do Malaysians have with curry?

The SW corner is driving me nuts! I have the first 3 and last letter of 45a, only a handful of words fit, but do not either meet the definition nor the parsing of the clue. What am I not seeing? I'm also assuming the extra word in 33a is very short, but that means I do not understand the instruction (9 words?)

Gitto
45 ac., last word is anagrind, you can work out the fodder from your three letters.

33ac it is a short word, but the initial letter is part of the replacement process rather than the subsequent instruction.