Cryptic crossword No 1,000

Huge thanks to all involved, and especially to Raider - congratulations on Cryptic Crossword #1000!

Looking forward to this with a glass of wine this evening. Thanks and Congratulations on a site with a thousand cryptics to Raider. Also thanks to Fez for editing. Cheers!

Tremendous achievement! Here's to the next thousand!

Enjoyed that, thanks all

Brilliant stuff everyone - and especially Fez for a super grid-fill. Congratulations on a remarkable milestone and thanks as ever to Raider. Great clues throughout, but I'll pick some favourites before looking at who clued what: 9A, 11A, 23A, 31A, 5D, 14D, 25D and 30D

Echoing the tone of comments thus far, well done to everyone who's contributed to this, to Fez for the gridfill, editing and general co-ordination and to Raider for steering this ship to 1,000. Lots of excellent clues in here but I can't tick 'em all so, as per Coot, favourites before I uncover who did what: 11a, 16a, 20a, 22a, 28a, 7d, 19d, 20d, 27d, 30d. Thanks to all. PM

Fabulous — many thanks to everyone who took part, Fez for compiling and of course Raider for building our playground! I like the idea of choosing ticks before seeing who wrote what, so: 10a, 11a, 13a, 16a, 28a, 32a, 14d, 27d and 30d. Thanks again all 🎩

Lovely puzzle. Well done everyone and especially to Fez for arranging it. I thoroughly enjoyed solving this. Congratulations Raider, and thank you

I still can't quite believe my little lockdown project a couple of years ago has led to over 1,000 puzzles being published 🤯 Big thanks to everyone who contributed, especially Fez for his superb editing and gridfill. There may be a permanent editor spot in the future if you're interested...? As for the clues, I think they're all great but here's a few of my faves: 10a, 13a (double time is great), 18a, 31a, 5d, 14d (brilliant), 27d, 30d... and no comment on 16a 😅 Here's to the next 1000 🥂

Well done everyone - but especially Fez & Raider. This was lots of fun to solve, and some great clues. Bravo!

A few favourites before seeing who did what 8A, 11A, 13A, 20A, 2D, 15D, 20D & 25D. Really well done everyone.

What a marvellous milestone of a puzzle, an awesome accomplishment everyone. Thanks to everyone, especially Fez for a characteristically lovely gridfill and shepherding us all with aplomb, and Raider for making it all possible! A long list of favourites: 9a (fun surface), 10a (cute construction), 11a (smooth and fun), 13a (cunningly efficient), 18a (cute), 20a (smooth), 22a (likewise), 28a (smooth), 6d (neat), 14d (very neat), 19d (very neat, fun), 20d (neat), 24d (fun surface)...

Well done, Fez, Raider, and everyone else involved in this. Lots of fun, inventive clues here but 16a in particular made me laugh. Spoiler in reply…

A very special puzzle #1000. Thanks to Raider for the whole thing, Fez for grid and editing skills, and the Platypuzzlers for a great set of clues. It’s really lovely to be a part of this. Congrats and cheers all round.

Well done, everyone - lovely stuff!

That was great! I was intending to pick out my favourites but there are too many to list. Thanks to all involved but particularly Fez who's editing was invaluable to my contribution and has pulled together a lovely puzzle here. Also big thanks and congratulations to Raider, this site has given me a great deal of pleasure over the last year. I feel I need to at least pick a favourite clue before I check the credits and for me it's 14d

Enjoyed this one. Cheers!