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Hi Les
Lovely puzzle, thanks again.
A couple of words here that i'd never heard of, but your cryptic methods led me to them very well.
Particularly fond of 4 down, had a real penny drop moment when I figured your thinking to get the last 3 letters. A lovely clue, expertly crafted!
Not sure about your wordplay on 17 down though.
Keep them coming!
TR

Hello Therogue,

Thanks for the feedback, the wordplay in 17 Down is

Ran over = Rehearsed

owing to = in the red

one making a late delivery = hearse

RE(hearse)D

Thanks to all who enjoyed it

Les40

How about a thanks to those who are STILL enjoying it !
Maybe 17 down will be my breakthrough...

Hi All,

Yes, I'm STILL enjoying it - more so now that I've got the correct answer to 17d.

Was a bit too devious for me!

My apologies ladies,

Thankyou to those who are still enjoying it.

Les40 x

That was great fun,Les!Thank you!For a long time I couldn't make out anything in the bottom half,then your explanation of 17d got me going again.Particularly liked 14a,18d,21d.Where's the whistle,though,in 24d?Must be very thick this morning,but maybe I haven't really tried hard enough to imagine.

Good crossword, Les40 thanks very much. I hope you don't mind my answering greedy kite's query.

Whistle and flute is cockney rhyming slang for suit; that's a nice whistle you're wearing.

Ta for the explanation for 17 down, I see it now!

Very enjoyable crossword, Les, with some nicely tricky clueing. You've set my mind at ease over 17d which I filled in but wasn't clever enough to parse properly; would it be too much of an imposition to ask you to post a dropbox document with an annotated solution? That would leave this thread free of spoilers and give us a chance to confirm the wordplay.

No problem Bullfrog,

but I will have to wait until I get the all clear from Wendy and Julie to make sure they have finished enjoying it !!!