Sunday Telegraph Enigmatic Variations 1435 Sunday May 17Th 2020

[Simmy42]

Any help would be well recieved

[Neveracrossword]

If you're struggling with a particular clue (or two or more), why not post the details on here? I'm sure help would be available. As it's a thematic puzzle, the relevant information on that would help.

[Calibax]

Clues might help :o)

[Simmy42]

1d Medical specialist runs into storage,uselessly holding record (10)
10d Priorities for a boxing referee seen fuddled outside clubs (10)
"The majority of answers must be changed in a consistent way to new words before entry". Whatever that may mean, still it's the first time I've attempted it.

[Neveracrossword]

1. Gastrologist/Astrologist
10 Preferences/ References.

[ProfessorMaisie]

gastrologist
preferences

[Neveracrossword]

Can anyone offer a hint for finding the poem title in the grid?

PS This is only for solvers of this puzzle.

[saladdodger]

6a Workmanship's something done after following practice beforehand (?)A?T??E
26a Near dead, seconds from effort to prevent abject hysteria (?)O??Y

[ProfessorMaisie]

facture

[ProfessorMaisie]

forby

[saladdodger]

Thanks Prof ...would never have got those 2!...

[roslyn251254]

Possibly the title is "if" ......the first line of it seems to be what the grid is about ???

[Neveracrossword]

Thanks, Roslyn, will have a look at that.

[roslyn251254]

..no idea about the 29 cells yet though...

[Neveracrossword]

Yes, I'm mulling that over too, Roslyn! It doesn't seem right to just highlight the tiny bit.

[DocHH]

Try reading the first and last lines of the poem, and look at the grid entries that are not subject to changes.

[Simmy42]

Thank you Neveracrossword, you got me started. A difficult one to begin.