Cryptic crossword No 2,306

Very nice, and lovely Nina was a great help, especially with 24a, a word I've never heard. Many many fun clues, among them 5a, 13a and 18a. 12d has such a great surface/solution interplay, 14d is very neat and 17d & 18d made me laugh. Thanks, Gennaro!

Very enjoyable puzzle, Gennaro. Thank you. I am feeling distinctly sheepish (as someone with a habit of slipping Ninas into my own puzzles) that I completely missed the excellent one in this puzzle. As Kateh says, a lovely one.

Good fun Gennaro, thanks. Slightly chewier than average perhaps but the Nina rushed me across the finish line. Favourites: 18a (COTD), 1d, 4d, 7d, and 17d. Spoilers …

The usual good stuff, Gennaro. The nina clicked as soon as I had 17d, having managed to solve in order up to that point. That helped complete a clean sweep which was very satisfying. 7a, 7d, 8d, 12d my favourites but 4d is a class above the rest. Thanks. PM

I wish I waited another week to get to this one, Gennaro 😉 9d comes together so nicely; 11a very enjoyable; thanks for making 15a getable; got but didn't parse 22a (neat); liked 8d a lot; and 17d happily brought to mind Mike Myers's Sprockets skits, leading to some fun googling and reminiscing. Thanks, Gennaro ☕

That was fun Gennaro, thanks for the puzzle. It's been a while since I tried one of yours and enjoyed the grid in particular, though other faves included 7a (neat), 18a (very nice), 1d (nice), 4d (very neat) and 18d (fun surface). A bit trickier than I remember yours being but this was an enjoyable challenge, certainly not a criticism.

I needed to catch up before you publish another 😆 and this was great fun. The GeNina™ resolved itself about halfway through and that sped me up in the second half. Faves: 22a, 14d, 16d and 17d. Thanks!

I'm late to this again, but enjoyable nonetheless. Agree with others that this one a bit tougher than your usual. The nina is obviously timeless, took me a little while for the penny to drop, but was as usual an additional piece of fun in the solve. I particularly enjoyed 2a (my COTD), 13a, 6d, 17d, 18d but lots else to like. Most of my (very few) quiblets covered by other solvers, although there may be one that's escaped. See reply as usual... But thanks for a consistently good time.