Listen With Others

The left hand column reads THEMING VOTING. At the start of the week of local elections in the UK then what do we have here?

Hidden letters spell PARTIES and ELECTION (I think I have the S on the right word) and a missing X put in the correct box finishes it off.

And the Title? ‘Dos’ are ‘Parties’. Hmmm – I feel I am missing something …

Of course the real secret of the puzzle is hidden jumbled in its border – I wonder how many solvers will miss it?

THE MISSING MESSAGE SETS: “THE RAVING LOONY PARTY IS ABSENT”

So subtle, so subtle …

Cheers,

Tim / Encota