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Hi pipesmoker et al

Awaiting bad weather tomorrow, though it has been lovely today.

Nearly finished in 10 minutes, but held up an embarassingly long time on 4d Flock waiting to cross river (4) Doh!!!!

Well, I've almost finished, bar 23a and my brain has gone numb. Thanks to GK, I finally got 10a (never heard of such a thing, but found some images in google) How did ChrisE do this in 10 mins!!!? It has taken 50 so far :(

Hi jazzy
If you read my post again, you'll see that I ALMOST did it in 10 minutes - the last (4 down) took about an hour for light to dawn!
23ac is a double definition, though the "dream up" bit is a bit lateral.

I've just had a thought.....
Is 23a a small door by any chance ?

See above!

yippee

Of course I did have what seems to be a major advantage - I knew what 10ac was!

chrisE
Even looking at the images, It looks very complicated mechanism.
Just need a parsing on 5d Is the knight "N" and if so, where's the 3-wheeler? Not sure if my answer is correct (ends in Y)

Yes jazzy - sounds right. Not a word I had heard before, but the parsing is sound. You have a 3 letter "go" at the end - what is left if you remove the knight from the rest?

10ac works a bit like an escapement in a watch - it lets a cog rotate in only one direction unless it is lifted out of contact.

Ah, I was taking "shot" as an anagram indicator and not a "go". Finally got it, thanks. Off to do some housework to warm up.