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Well thank goodness I didn't have to parse Kwarteng. Once Geeker put me right, 24ac was easy. I didn't know that definition for Wattle, but Chambers had it. That just left18ac, which took me ages despite Chris's hint. So, all done now. I still can't parse 10ac, but found myself humming Poison Ivy. I guess it's a homophone. I don't know any Maori, so failed to spot any Ninas.

FOI was 14 ac, also my COD. LOI was 18ac - what took me so long?

Fruit processing progressing. Temperature dropping a tad.

I can relax now.

I just posted a thread, but it has disappeared. I finished.

I'm away next weekend, so doubt I'll get chance to look at the crossword.

10 was one of the easier ones to parse, I thought. Definition "application", parses 3,1,2.

19 reminded me of this poem (Monty Python?)
This here is the wattle
The emblem of our land
You can stick it in a bottle
You can hold it in your hand

ChrisE @59 not article but pronoun (this is probably one for pedantry corner, sorry)

Hi Roof
Glad you stuck with it. I am in the rare position of knowing enough Maori and being aware of PK's propensity for Ninas to spot them. They are in lines 4 and 12. See my earlier posts @ 12, 14 and 16 for more details. As far as I can tell, they have little bearing on the puzzle as a whole.

Distracted by an afternoon playing arcade games with my youngest yesterday, so only really had a chance to dig into this yesterday evening / this morning and I'm not loving it.

About 50% complete with all assistance here so with family / BBQ duties today I think I'll put this one down to experience.

I did like 3D, first time I've seen that synonym for "mediocre" used!

Started today , a long struggle to finish with much needed help
from forum and word search.
FOI 22d
LOI 5d
No obvious COD and I’m not happy about 23a.
Disappointing prize crossword no wow factor this week!

I know I am not the only mathematician here, but 5a is not "geometrical study"!

I am stuck on 15 and 18 despite the hints for 18.

OK, got those two now. But there is no indefinite article in there!

Finished, after two careful reads-through of the forum, and a few uses of CrosswordSolver.

Foi:1a
Loi: 26a
Cod: 8 an elegant anagram, or 3 for neatness

Was about to ask for a hint on parsing 26a, but somehow mowgil's(?) words "failure to understand the tricky wordplay." on it made me look again, and again, and I suddenly saw it. Clever clue. (Sorry if name spelled wrong, can't scan back mid-post to check while on phone: had Copied the quote.)