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What a novel device from Stick Insect. It was probably harder to write the "crass" clues than the normal ones. Not as daunting as it seemed at first.

I've just had a quick read through Buddy and agree, it looks a very entertaining and original puzzle - looking forward to getting stuck in.

Totally agree Buddy. That was great fun.

And agreed from me too. Very clever of Stick Insect to make what would otherwise have me spitting nails into a source of fun. And the inclusion of 1d was icing on the cake.

Thanks to Stick Insect, that was a most enjoyable puzzle, and thanks to Jack for spotting the relevance of 1d:-)

I greatly enjoyed this and think i have the 3 normals, but also seem to see some other clues which appear normal.

Maybe it's just me?

Hi Piffleworthy,

I had the same thoughts initially, especially when I'd solved all the clues but had about 5 or 6 of them ticked correct rather than 3.

However, on looking at it again, I think there are only 3 clues where the wordplay is 100% correct.

1a for example, looked ok but now I see that "troubled" should precede "Lupercal" rather than "man".

16a is another where all the wordplay elements are present but the definition is in the middle of the clue rather than the beginning or end.

21a has perfect wordplay but the number of words in the answer is wrong.

25d another where the answer is clearly shown but lacks the obvious indicator.

I may be wrong, of course, but I'm confident that Stick Insect has managed to keep the 100% correct clues to 3 as per the preamble.

But I'd be interested to hear what your good self and others think.