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I know it’s an early shout, but definitely a POTY contender, in part because of the lovely way it revealed its secrets. And it will definitely be among the very toughest

Pulpy is the anagram indicator. Stokes is abbreviated as a single letter. Ponting indicates that our answer is an Australian term. And it’s the second peach in Chambers…

Have a lot cold solved but no idea how to start gridding with any certainty.

If someone could kindly let me know how the first row is gridded, that would help a lot. Is it 8, space, 5 or does the blank cell appear within my answer to 1Ac? If so, does it appear neatly through the middle of 1Ac (4, space, 4)? I’m hoping, if I get the first row done, that’ll get my perimeter done and then I can start fitting things in…

Hey, h1982:

The grid is laid out per the specified lengths. One of the PDMs is how that works with the short answers. Another one is how it works with the long ones.

Blimey, what a crossword! Some of cluing was very tough, still can't guess what 'Eck is thinking in the 247 clue. X factor clue was the last one I worked out.

20 answers to go. Could someone please give me a nudge to the "can nemesis of sailor" clue? Got a grid fill started, but I cannot yet see how it works.

The wordplay is very straightforward on that one but the answer is not in Chambers.

Thanks kindred, I was using the wrong abbreviation (i.e. the shorter one) for the start of the answer.

Methinks that I will have to concede defeat here. I can't even create a workable grid unless some cells are completely barred off.

And after saying that I solve another clue!!!