14 across. I have S_D_E_I_G and I think the answer may be SODGERING but can not find the reference. The clue reads:....this comes of letting ye gang a- ..........for a day(Scott: Old Mortality)
18 across What remains of Percy. I have -E-I-U-S and RESIDUES seems to fit the letters and the clue but what is referred to, please? Is it Shakespearean (Hotspur???) Thanks for any help.
Filled most of grid, got the instruction, identified the theme and some of the thematic answers and there my enthusiasm for this ends. It appears I now have to cold solve for a subject I have limited...