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Well Brendan I can concur as with most Vlads that I am finding this a true impaling. As can be depicted by how dispersed throughout the grid my answers are. Thanks for all the help on 10a. In fact a brilliant clue.

I shall press on.

Jono,

My initial parsing of 16d was 3,4 around the "caught", you know... because they say ....

Thankfully I realised my stereotyping idiocy before too long.

Let's hope Malone doesn't see this, she'll kill me:-)

I wondered if my wits were scrambled by my morning parkrun (Bibra Lake, Perth, Western Australia).. To my relief and surprise I finished with what I'm sure are the right answers – although I would prefer not to be asked to parse some of the clues fully!

Bren, haha, I went down the same rabbit hole.
I’m reminded that Azed used “the noo” as a Scots indicator which is quite funny. I forget the clue.

Thanks Jono, it's good to know I wasn't alone:-)

The noo - I love it!

Found it, from 2023…

Youngster? That’s one so run wild, the noo (4)

Got it, subtractive anagram.

All this has reminded me of one of my all time favourite quotes from that Socrates of Glasgow:-

"So, life has meaning... except for viewers in Scotland"

Should have added that the philosopher of whom I speak is Rab C Nersbitt.

Like some others, I'm struggling!
Am I right in assuming 1a is a cricketing term?

Yes, Redpete.