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Good morning, Jon. Seemed a bit tougher than usual today, although I wasn’t helped by entering a couple of wrong answers. The triple homophone gave me two chances to be wrong, and I took one of them.
Maybe I’m just tired. It’s getting late here.

Enjoyed it, found it not too difficult. But cannot get 19d.

I have B ? O ? A ? E but no idea what is the definition.

Any help welcome, thanks.

Yevrah, your A is incorrect. I entered the same incorrect answer to 24a.

Aaaah.

So now I see what the military dummies are. Got it.

Revised 24a and got 19d.

Thanks Mattrom

P.S. My original 24a answer fitted the definition, but I couldn't parse the first 6 letters. They have a connection to 1d. in Saturday's Guardian prize puzzle.

Hi, Mattrom and yevrah. I made the same mistake, but the actual answer parses, and I never did figure out how ours was related to military dummies. At least I’m in good company though.

Me too re 24a. I've only ever heard the expression that way.

And me!

And me with 24A ! Thanks for the link Jono.