Thank you Jolan. It's always a bit of a struggle with a new crossword compiler, untill you get a feel for the way they compose their clues, and this is the first one I've tackled that's been set by Aardavark.
Yep, Sallyw, I agree. Also, isn't it a mystery how one can give up completely on a difficult crossie and the next morning simply write in the rest of the blanks, wondering what the difficulty had been?