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Hi, dim. I struggled with the SW as well, and I note a few other posts here had similar comments. I still have two left actually; I think I know what goes in, but not sure yet. It also took me a second look to interpret the instruction. Keep going.

I have enough to see what a tour de force this is though. Add me to those showering Twin with accolades.

Thanks Mondo, your nudge enabled me very quickly to see the light and I agree it is an astonishing construction.

Now to tackle the SW corner.

Hi Darla

Having now completed both grids I can see that this puzzle is even more a thing of beauty than I had initially realised.

I can get a bit frustrated with these puzzles some weeks (my failing I know) but then comes along something as intricately and imaginatively constructed as this, makes it all worthwhile.

Excellent puzzle, multi-layered. I remember his 4750 with great fondness as it would have been one of my Mastermind specialist subjects. Superb construction but I do have two remaining queries.

33a Not sure what the first word's doing
16d Can't see the wordplay.

Thanks Twin!

simond9x - the answer to 33a could describe the ‘o’ (sound) in ‘comedian’. 16d - first two words are definition, then you have a four-letter ‘outsider’ (sportswise) ‘keeping’ a three-letter word for ‘nevertheless’ with a single ‘energy’ letter removed.

Thanks, quiz.

Wow!

What a puzzle, thank you Twin!

M

Very clever puzzle. Ingenuity trumps difficulty every time for me. Hats off to Twin for consistently coming up with novel ways to keep us amused!

I've a couple of holes in the top of the original grid, but I'll keep worrying away at them for a bit before asking for a hint.

A clever device with some very good clues. Fewer obscure meanings would have made it more enjoyable for me, though perhaps they were inevitable given the construction.

All done now, but one small query....I feel that 45a should end in AN. My solution seems pretty cast iron but...