Hi jordesign, thanks for the interest, it was a problem more with understanding the nomenclature more than anything. Have since changed a few things around, so the list of items in wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=page
– which includes the Posts Page entry, now makes sense.
it was late, hastily assuming the Posts Page entry was actually a post, not an index, so expecting more items to appear in there.
In the blog home (wp-admin/site-editor.php?postType=wp_template&postId=twentytwentyfour%2F%2Fhome) there is
“Displays the latest posts as either the site homepage or as the “Posts page” as defined under reading settings. If it exists, the Front Page template overrides this template when posts are shown on the homepage.”
Currently considering the possibility of combining the pages so the posts show on the homepage. Even if the Front Page and Posts Page are both using the Single Page template, could things get too involved for a (slightly error prone) new user? The chief focus is to keep things a simple as possible for when the next Twenty Twenty X theme arrives.
Thanks again.