Enigmatic Variations 1590

[Matakari]

Good morning, after a week-end of successful puzzling with the Jumbo Crosswords, the Sunday Times and Mephisto, my attention has come back to EV 1590. Thanks to the comprehensive hints from RickGDG, I’ve been able to make useful progress in getting to understand Charybdis psyche. The grid, with just a few empty cells, looks meaningful now. Hints to this final batch should facilitate the completion of the grid. Thanks in advance!

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* Police force subject against back of post ( 2 words )
* Daphne’s family member a monster lizard
* Perfect fifth husband Leo I aim to spoil
* Cheek shaver ( Can’t see the double definition! )
* Feature renting a let † ( A feature of the word play? )
Angus’s first to enter Glaswegian joint-reluctant he’d say
( Can’t get the scots words for joint and reluctant to work!)
* Spy that girl’s burn in Ayr † ( LOOK/SEE/VIEW+ SHE/HER? )
* Publicly set up opening in special education
* It’s reckless moving right to near end of landing strip

[Neveracrossword]

That was kind of you, Rick .

Matakari, yes, good luck with 1591.

[Matakari]

Something is wrong somewhere, I keep getting this:
You might have misspelt postimg.cc
Microsoft Edge recommends that you double-check the spelling of the site you're trying to access. Misspelt sites – with similar spellings to popular ones – are known to redirect users to sites that steal and scam your personal information.

[Neveracrossword]

Matakari, it must be something at your end - I've just opened the link on Rick's 19.10 post, and the puzzle appeared.

[Matakari]

Surely, it has to be at my end. I'll have it checked out.

[Neveracrossword]

Matakari, I tried just Googling, typing in the address exactly as Rick gave it... and once again, I got straight to the puzzle. Good luck ... with even just getting the crossword!

[Neveracrossword]

Matakari, did you 'toy with' the thematic element - and if so, did you enjoy it as much as many others did? The puzzle had a lovely finish.

PS I'm still really puzzled by your 'middle of a planet' idea. How did you arrive at that?

[Matakari]

Good morning, NACW, I have not yet taken up the puzzle. I'm completing the Eye Crossword for a break, but I'll return to the EV 1590 to see if I can make something of the end game that so many solvers seem to be enchanted about. Before I put it down I thought it probably had something to do with Candace C. Kant's " Heart of the Sun..."

[Neveracrossword]

Thanks, Matakari. I always like a good puzzle to be appreciated by as many people as possible!

[Neveracrossword]

Matakari, I think this EV is one you might have considered 'painful', though others, including me, found it a joy! The blog is now available for it, if you want to see how it all worked, why we were enthusiastic and so on. It's in the usual place, fifteen...

[Neveracrossword]

Matakari, your psychic powers have made me return to this thread. Your 'middle of a planet' idea for the theme didn't relate at all to 1590... but WAS the theme for 1591! I think you'd been unable to access that puzzle, never mind start solving it... yet you came up with the theme?

PS I'll have this week's lottery numbers from you, thanks...