[Tony]

Thank you for this. I have included a modified version of attitude_theloop_for_search() in a child theme and all works as required.

Question: given that standard themes such as Twenty Sixteen worked without modification (presumably displaying the_content() rather than the-excerpt()), will you be changing this in a future update to Attitude or will you stick with how it is now?

I ask so I can keep an eye open for when/whether I should remove my custom version.

thanks again, Tony