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In an Only Connect Wall, 16 arbitrarily arranged words or names must be sorted into four groups of four, each with a different thematic link. Representing such a Wall, the 16 silvered answers in the grid are clued in alphabetical order of solution, by wordplay only.

The links for the four thematic groups, which have a missing title in common, are character creations (two each) of two people with the same given name, to whom this puzzle is dedicated. The dedicatees’ surnames must depart, one letter at a time, from several numbered down clues before they can be solved. In the final grid, one unchecked occurrence of the initial letter of their shared given name must be replaced with the missing title, leaving a real word.

One numbered clue answer is an abbreviation.

Wall clues

  • Wrongly, only one succeeded
  • Join what promises to be a wearying union for Spooner
  • Bank of Scotland keeping cool
  • Cold daughter walking out on dad
  • I almost caught the end of Jackanory
  • So far dons anonymous
  • That is Victor checking into Hotel, having missed India
  • Cycled around South Island
  • Distressed, as it’s departed tailless after reversing
  • Money drawer is left open now and again
  • Read over the abridged Crockford’s?
  • Person at sea comes to understand
  • Song is powerful with this
  • Climber logging a fast time?
  • A question about performance’s finale
  • Where iniquity is brought to court

Across

8 City in California? I have it in Maine, oddly (7)

11 Batty for one ill-advised to carry on one’s painting career? (4)

14 Something to restrain the old dog from Ballymena (4)

16 Exactly what, we’re told, will fall this evening (3)

19 Religious feast = recurring series (no Beginning, no End) (6)

20 Mark off Greater London College as an alternative (6, 2 words)

22 I’m disgusted about accident (3)

26 Papers at intervals reverse theories of Descartes? (5)

31 Make money from Interpol cases (4)

32 Physicist’s dispensing with one of his mugs (6)

33 Longing to have treasures back here in London (7)

Down

1 Escaped from tyrannous crackpot with lordly wedge (6)

2 Busy advertisers taking no notice he’s on standby (9)

3 Keep agreeing, it seems, to lift academic chap from Downing into office (6)

4 Big Bird’s at home among the  Muppets (3)

5 Vessel transporting freight iron from dispensers with packaging (4)

6 Take these cases for nan and gramps? (8)

7 With selection of studs and earrings I’ll give you a smooth look! (6)

8 Shields can supply almost all of Troy (7)

9 With biases from a senior cardiologist, hospital overlooks Ed’s ticker (4)

10 Gas turbine? One’s impressed (4)

12 Bits collected as part of hobby trending (4)

13 He secured net gain at close, merchant parted with gold (9)

15 Uphill move about which to consult the song of the Duke of York (8, 2 words)

17 Prudent folk will keep this country in wienies! (3)

18 Soft and smooth-textured touch of verdant city to blind old GI? (7)

21 Cover for hot Indian brew, did he say? (6)

22 Local chap’s welcome on stableman’s chase (4)

23 Ball to hurl at walls one’s after (6)

24 Illuminated outside of a cube? (6)

25 They’re amazing women that swine stitches up (4)

27 Minutest drink overwhelms weak and feeble Texan (4)

28 Christmas Number One not on line (4)

29 Poet’s given this right to hearten wearying worker (4)

30 Potential developer at intervals visiting website (3)

All entries to be received by 4 October 2024.

The first correct entry drawn will receive a £75 CUP book token and a copy of The Story of Cambridge by Stephanie Boyd. Two runners-up will receive a £50 CUP book token.

Solutions, winners and runners up will be published in CAM 103 and online on 18 October 2024