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Thanks to the folks here I have now finished but I don't see the significance of 34-38 to the letters. Can someone please put me out of my misery!

O E short for old etonian i think

'E' to 'N'. Write them out ...

Groan! Thanks Laphria.

Sudo, belated thanks for earlier help with my posting. Only just been able to get back on line.

I'm having rel trouble with the bottom right hand corner. Please could some kind person give me a hand with 37 across: A German possessing knowledge about oil (6) ?ER??? and 40 across: Staffs place in country, one by outskirts of Egremont (7) E?R???? Thanks in advance

NEROLI - defn oil - EIN (german for one) with LORE inside reversed - E is extra

ETRURIA - et (outside letters of egremont , rural(in country) + i (one) - L from rural is extra

37 Neroli, oil. Ein is German for one/a and lore is knowledge. (I can't remember the preamble wording about extra letters!_

Thank you very much, now lets see if I can finish it!

As a newcomer, it would seem rude to ask for help until I've offered some!

For those still struggling to make sense of that last unclued across light ?A?TON from Greedy Kite's original thread-starter - and of the spare four letters to be associated with it, correctly identified by Orson as N,F,I & K (though not necessarily in that order): you might find it helpful to think film. You want the eponymous protagonist of a 1991 film by a celebrated pairing. Hope that helps.