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Special Instructions: A celebration of all the clue writers this year who finished: 'Leader having lost order, Rome burned and Nero fiddled (6,3)'. Contains clues from a number of different setters, hope they approve of my using their clues - credits in the annotated solutions. Here's to another great year of clue-writing contests in 2024!

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Phantom
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Clue in instructions should be credited to Meles - apologies

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Henri

Well, I fair rattled through that, which probably says something about how much time I spend on this site 😆 I recognised several of the 'cover version' clues including my own, of course 😁 Good work, er, everyone!

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PostMark

An interesting exercise and a nice shout out to some of the recent winners. Well executed, Phantom. Thanks. PM

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Fez

Thanks Phantom, nice to see those clues "in the wild"! Aside from the winners, faves include 9a, 12a (a new meaning for me), 7d, 22d & 23d ... and the lovely reminder of the poet in 28a ...

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Coot

Very nicely done, Phantom. Good to be reminded of some terrific clues and some fine additions too, of which I thought 23d stood out. Thanks.

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Meles

Great idea, thanks Phantom. Enjoyed seeing these clues again and it was nice to have an immediate foothold in the grid! Of the new clues I particularly liked 23d and other favourites were 9a, 20a, 28a and 25d.