HERE AND NOW by IX

Each clue contains an extraneous word.of two or more syllables. Of the word defined in the corrected clue, only the initial letter is entered (in the first space) at the number. The remainder is entered at a space which will precisely accommodate it. Subsidiary indications are to the "remainder"; - thus "more" could have as corrected clue "a greater number of openings to official race-readers' enclosure". To provide some guidance, the initial letter of the extraneous word is entered in the last space at the number. The third letters of the extraneous words in the across clues are entered in the unchecked spaces in the periphery, beginning in the space to the left of square 1. The third letters of the extraneous words in the down clues spell out some appropriate words, while the periphery spells out a quotation (ODQ 4th edn.) very slightly modified to fit the available space without changing the sense.

CLUES - ACROSS 8 Bird going home with German 10 First to ogle Romeo in rebuilt Globe inn 12 Glorifying a principle, the toll on purchases starts to annoy educated rebels 13 Remove last specks of green paint from damaged ornament leaving a small opening 14 Ealing edition changed closing words 15 Are not elders in a way noble? 16 Mother does not have hard and fast reasons 19 Animal noise (and roughly what it sounds like) 20 Messenger loses one radiator cleaner 22 Whole orbit affected regent 24 Central feature of house ruined, Roundhead's a goner 29 Sandy ridge difficult to suspend without scheduled aspiration 31 Stag at bay? Nearly! 33 Vocal music - artist returns to fill gap 34 Noisy weapon that is besieging Florida 35 Changing into evening dress initially indicated affluence 37 Evergreen nation's beginning to show interest in chief 38 New session - I'll be in Leicester, pro tem 39 A nautical loop that attaches sail to yard 40 Tending to participate in overt diablerie

CLUES DOWN 1 Mangle yodeling impostor 2 Treachery marks sanctimonious fighting force 3 I rarely bore out defender 4 Item of luggage every English sailor acquires initially 5 Eskimo dog in better spirits when not given head 6 American, to follow a party, enhanced Malayan dish 7 Fed after a drama? The devil it is! 9 Grace wiggles adroitly - that is flirtatiousness 11 Squid stew normally contains a bit of ginger 17 Victim of unknown origin 18 A sophistical puzzle - sore distressed about the essential article 21 A Maoist line in Chinese way-bill 23 Test of Edna's courtyard 25 Nowadays Renata is uncertain about Catholic church 26 Chain of buckets some elements excoriated 27 Fickle Tibetan prisoner in empty oubliette 28 Pretty Megan offers Gussie a glimpse 30 Straight muscles reinforce elements of larval echnida able to stand 32 Essential line in hit-parade recording 36 Get turbulent lubricant therewith

Competitors should send a complete solution (written in rows) and a normal cryptic clue to the last word (7 letters) given by the third letters of the extraneous words in the down clues to derek@crossword.org.uk. The writer of the best clue will receive a copy of Chambers Crossword Completer which has been donated by the publishers. Please send your comments on this puzzle, and where you live and I shall forward messages to Ix. Closing date 30 September 2001.