Filled the grid and used all the letters in the preamble to do all the unclued lights but still have no idea of the theme. tried an anagram of the cross-checking letters but that left me... ...
A nice puzzle by Fieldfare who has repeated a recent theme but at least there were only four repeats. Annoyingly I'm stuck on 80d 'Brief opportunity to secure a job (3,3). Hints please.
Spectator 2609 4d Heard joints explode with irritation seems to have two answers, one an S, the other with a Z - according to Chambers 13th ed. I hope the Spectator will accept either....
Got all the clued lights and I think I know most of the unclued though I'm struggling with the linkage to Doc's two November 2022 puzzles. In 2607 19d and 44a evade me