Hi both
8dn is "grass" as in "tell on a fellow criminal", around an object that is indisputably flat, though doesn't immediately spring to mind, meaning "wandering".
No I'm the same. I've found all of it hard. I wonder if 12,5 is about making soup? Did you get 23d and if so is it Noyes? That's all I can find to fit.
Well, it's done and, as with all Paul's offerings, there's no real sense of accomplishment unless your a Dick Van Dyke fan, or a fluent in Estuary English homophones.
Mostly I think his puzzles suck!