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If you have the Guardian Editions app, the puzzle is on page 50 of the main section (of 96 pages). If you don't have it, I've printed a cobbled together version from screenshots, and am happy to make it available to anyone who wants it.

For rogissimo —— Enjoy!

Many thanks Kristi! I now have it.

Hi Kristi, I may still be on this jumbo at Christmas!

DNF for me - Got three-quarters of the way through (ending with a blank SW corner) before calling it quits - perhaps the first time this year I've surrendered so meekly.

Some UK-specific clues made this one especially difficult. Did know the Eliot reference but not the rest of the clue.

I also DNF'd on 4 clues in the SW quadrant, including the Eliot ref. 🤣 Despite getting the perimeter Nina (OK, that was kind of obvious).

Horrid. Was unable to progress beyond 4 clues. Cheated 5 answers, but couldn't understand the parsing of any of them. One of which I'd guessed, but couldn't parse, so didn't fill in.
Gave up. Feeling stupid now. Off to look at the Everyman.

Well here i am Sunday morning having finally finished this brain fryer from Enigmatist. I can't really claim to have finished since I cheated on 16d and 24a which I would never have got in a million years. Also 18d I filled in from the clue but no idea how the definition works.

Thanks Enigmatist. I enjoyed it but it beat me.

Hi Rocky,

18d - single letter "one" + 5 letter anagram/'about' goes around/'saves' 2 letter "lives" - definition is "Man here"

You guys were terrific yesterday. A tad worrying that Saka had to go off but that 15 year old looks amazing.

Thanks Brendan. I clearly had the wrong definition.