Inquisitor 34

[judypark]

Completed about half of this but cannot work out the thematic element, any help would be gratefully recieved.

[mad max]

not sure what to give you, the unclued word at 25d is graeae, check dictionary then this wil help with preamble. if you need more let me know.

[judypark]

Brilliant Max, too knackered to concentrate tonight but will tackle it in the morning, thanks for not answering outright. I need a nudge but don't want a solution, that would take all the fun out of it.
Take care.
Judy

[judypark]

Hi Max. looked up the Graeae on wiki and although now steeped in Ancient Greek trivia, am really no further on. Is age the theme?

[mad max]

GRAEAE def in chambers sea goddesses who shared between them a single eye and a single tooth
14a full answer is unmoneyed

[judypark]

Thanks Max, I had worked out 14 across, the ones I am stuck on are, Across, 1, 17, 20 (skin?) 23. 26, 28. and down, 7 (oint?) 19, and 26 (sorry?)
Which other crosswords do you do? We complete the AZED and Mephisto and Jumbo Times everyweek and decided to tackle the Inquisitor for a bit more of a challenge, and it's certainly proved to be that.
All the best
Judy

[mad max]

Hi JUDYPARK 1a razoo 17a tame 20a scoggin 23a hieing 26a seeout
28a aster 7d oints 19d thecate 26d sorry
I usually complete the INQUISITOR (with help sometimes), very occasionally complete EV (sun telegraph ) with assistance from some very helpful people on this site, and if I have time I like to look at THE LISTENER (sat times) and it is literally just a look most weeks
regards
madmax

[judypark]

Thanks Madmax,
Still don't fully understand it but hopefully dearly beloved will now be able to complete it when he returns from work tonight. Nice to know I hadn't gone wrong though. I always look at the Listener and that's as far as it goes too. Recently there was a radio programme about crosswords and the Listener was deemed to be the most difficult of all regularily published puzzles, sometimes I think Inquisitor could give it a run for it's money.
Judy

[mad max]

think ( eye) and ( tooth) from definition of graeae then re read preamble

[judypark]

Cracked it at last, might get some cleaning, gardening and walking the dog done now. Thanks for your help;
Judy