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I like ‘out of shell’. It’s going in the note book!
I agree about the use of he/she in clues in general. I know one setter who is actively using ‘she’ when ‘he’ can…

Jono, glad you liked that clue. For me, it made up for one of yesterday's...

Base failing, reportedly (5).

I know the answer works perfectly well for some people, but definitely not for huge parts of the country.

I can't see the word play. I guessed the entry from the definition and the crossers. Also, 14a, "Lukewarm old rocker gets holy inside," has that ridiculous "pi" for holy that I recall we discussed before, malone.

Mathsprofrockstar, I've had far too many helpings of 'pi', I sigh every time it appears!

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I find three and a bit helpings of pi are just about right

I don't know, jono. Seems like circular reasoning to me.

malone mathpro jono

I like rather more pie than that, and I also liked your jokes.

malone

yes I thought about female pedants too, but I like the clue. The floor/flaw does not work for me either

I still don't get the wordplay.

Mathsprof...if it's the 'Amuse...' clue, I thought it was quite nifty. You take the first and last letters from a word meaning 'pedant', so he's come out of his shell.