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Hi all, this is my first post however I read the forum regularly and always enjoy the comments (and occasionally the help!).
Thoroughly enjoyed the puzzle and found it all fairly straightforward with a couple of exceptions. Can’t see 15a at all (think I have 4a part correct) and don’t understand definition of 9/18 but have the answer parsed from wordplay. Any hints much appreciated.

Excellent crossword and thanks to Brendan and Paul. COD for me unsurprisingly 21a.

welcome paulrt
15 is "business", as in "what's my ????"
9/18 is us, the endangered species

Thanks ChrisE,

Wasn’t aware of that reference re 9/18 … I’d have assumed the opposite was true! The IUCN red list agrees with me.
Just understood def of 4/15 - it’s been so long since I’ve employed such tactics I’d forgotten they existed.

Many thanks

Afternoon all, always late to the party as like to do as much as I can.... Baffled by 6 down, 11, 13 across but got there with the rest of it so gentle hints welcome.

6D something Tufty might have helped help you with.
11A is straightforward enough if you don't mess up the anagram for 1D like I did.
13A is a 4 letter word for lean (written backwards) inside a word meaning "serve for".

Tufty OR Darth Vader in fact ;)

Thanks for that PS, got there in the end, got stuck with the K word for some reason, and the pennies dropped after that cheers

Late to the party again, this was a rather challenging puzzle for me. I did eventually with help this great forum crack most of it apart from 4,15. I cannot get it, I admit I may have a wrong letter in 6d. Parking it for now, dinner needs to be made!

Finished, had a PDM for 4,15 resulting in a corrected 6d. Much relieved.

Just the sort of Paul that I enjoy - not overly difficult but plenty of witty and ingenious clues. For the first time in a good few weeks, was able to complete in one visit without any external help. A relief as I failed to finish last week’s Picaroon even with the many hints on this forum! Couldn’t help noticing the same word featuring in the solution to the excellent 21a and one of last week’s clues. All in all a very pleasant hour or two, followed by the usual enjoyment of reading through the forum thread.