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Agree with earlier comments. I almost tripped up over the last letter of 24a, until the wordplay pointed to “In” being an essential part of the definition.

Regarding ‘arry, I agree with Cineraria @15 in the blog.

Very enjoyable today. Foi 1, 2 faves so far 5d and 11. Always enjoy a Brummie

22d new favourite

Is “prom” really needed in 17a. Maybe I’m missing something…

Thanks, jono (re ‘Arry). I’ve now looked at 225 and think you and they must be right (I was being too dense last weekend when reading your posts on the subject here, and your preferred parsing didn’t occur to me). I’ve nevertheless just posted my thoughts on 225 and this dog will now (you’ll be relieved to know) put the bone down. .

Hi again jono.
Back to the matter in hand. I don’t think ‘prom’ is necessary, but it did provide me with a small steer which saved perhaps a few seconds!

Thanks Rog, I agree. FYI, I’m “Jay” over there with the cartoon bluejay avatar.

Got you - thanks jono/Jay!

I’m also occasionally Jay here, which you’ll discover if you put Jay into the search box, though it’s been a while.