Cryptic crossword No 1,111

Very nice Bees. A few chewy ones making me doubt a mistake but no. That was pretty good. Thanks

Oops, just realised one clue provided a superfluous letter. Amended. Spoiler overleaf

No idea if you watch cryptic sunday, Bees, or if you keep a regular eye on Twitter but your puzzle is getting a live solve at lunchtime. This seemed the best way of letting you know as I suspect you are keeping an eye out for comments: https://www.twitch.tv/crypticsunday

Super puzzle Bees, thanks. Very assured clueing and lots of fun. Hard to pick favourites but I’ll plump for 9A, 13A, 17A, 21A (COTD), 25A, 7D, 14D, and 19D.

Thanks for that Bees. Lots to like. I got stuck half way and came back a day later when it fell into place. I particularly liked 5a for the "short sharp shocks", 13a was clever. A lot of smooth surfaces with heaps of misdirections. Good stuff.

Top stuff Bees, my favourite of yours yet! A satisfyingly inventive set of clues, I particularly liked 9a (smooth), 12a (nice assembly), 13a (satisfying), 19a (neat), 21a (clean), 24a (very smooth), 2d (clean), 3d (fun and neat), 4d (fun), 6d (nice assembly), 7d (neat), 16d (very smooth), 17d (neat), 19d (clean) and 23d (satisfying) - thanks for the puzzle :)