Thanks, all. Glad that you enjoyed it. Probably should have saved it for New Year's Eve.
My favourite clues were S - f, o, t, R - 5, 10, 13, 14.
I will check every Friday. It's not always a cryptic; sometimes a "variety" puzzle. *
I prefer the former, but occasionally the latter is noteworthy. If not, I might post one from the archives. Depends on time available. You can browse & search the site here:
http://blogs.wsj.com/puzzle/
* NB: a search with "cryptic" will return both types. The categorization is not always accurate.
Hope the next Harper's arrives this week.
@ginge - your post #4 has (5) at the end so I suppose it's one of your infamous clues.
No idea. You'll have to parse it for me.