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Now I know what you're all thinking - it's easy to criticise but could you do any better? (literally no-one is thinking that Bren). So how about...

Dorothea ultimately got confused and ended up here (2,3,4)

Still not a good clue but at least it makes a modicum of sense.

Good effort Brendan. Certainly a bit clearer than the real one.

All finished. Thanks Paul for an enjoyable way to pass time on the train. If a bit looser in parts than usual. Not being up with the genre I had not heard of 5d and my LOI the elusive 11a still not really parsed. FOI was in fact the controversial 6d. COD 24a.

Have a good weekend all.

Thanks Rocky.

PS Your boys were sublime last night!

Nice start Brendan. I think the Sky Blues will struggle.

Did seem easier than some Paul crosswords though a few tricky ones.

Don't really understand the comment about the 6d clue not making sense. It's just an indication of an anagram. It's not a great clue but it doesn't need to make sense in itself surely. Does 'Sound German wheels round' make sense? Not to me. For definition guess you can say they're here and that can mean they're at the door. Not great but definitions are often pretty wide.

A very busy morning as apart from usual laundry, my new gardener came this morning. I worked with him so didn't get to the crossword until mid afternoon, read through all the clues, got one and nearly fell asleep. Lots to work on and my back is hurting.

I'll be back

I do think the "here" definition in 6d makes good sense.
There's a common colloquial expression along the lines of "the wolf is ..."
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Hi Snowwhite
I’d only say that in my view a hallmark of the best crossword clues is that they tell a story. It’s part of the reason why Araucaria’s ‘Poetical scene with surprisingly chaste Lord Archer vegetating (3,3,8,12)’ is remembered as one of finest cryptic clues of all time.
By the same token, a clue which is fine in terms of fodder (e.g. anagram of solution, anagram indicator, definition) but makes no real sense as a whole (for example 6d here) is, for me, not a very good clue.
In fact I think ‘Sound German wheels round’ passes the sense test in a way that 6d doesn’t, though it’s still not the greatest of surfaces by any means.

Hi all - I found this a fun quick solve, but it did feel a bit rough round the edges, LOI 11a like many of you - has the first def early but couldn’t see the second (hand), had to get that here (thanks Brendan).

No problem, thanks Gamma:-)