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My latest effort is here:

https://crypticcrosswords.net/puzzles/ntspp-puzzles/ntspp-792/

A blog and a chance to leave a nasty comment:

https://bigdave44.com/2025/04/12/ntspp-792/

Very nice, Buddy.
Recommend folk give this a try.

Thanks, Buddy. Another good puzzle.

Thanks Buddy,

That was a lot of fun.

22d - I haven't come across this route to the answer before but I thought it was quite clever.

27a - I assume the first 2 letters come from "of" - I checked the blog and, unlesss I misunderstood the explanation, it seems to be saying that they're in the clue?

COD - the clever and witty 6d

Brendan, glad you enjoyed it. Re 27a, Chambers gives OF = IN (albeit as the 18th definition), OED is a little more explanatory:

"One of, a member of. Hence: belonging to, included in, taking part in. Now chiefly in to be in (the world, etc.) but not of it. Cf. man of the world"

So, pretty obscure, but needed to make the surface plausible.