Cryptic crossword No 2,498

By ‘popular’ demand (three people) here is the full size version of the ‘AnagraMini’ I published last week. Not the most straightforward of solves so I’m not expecting big numbers on this one 😆 Pencil and paper recommended. And don’t forget the Anagram Helper button under the grid.

Thanks Henri - challenge accepted. This was very enjoyable and dare I say not as difficult a solve as it could have been thanks to some relatively benign and very fair clueing. Had to do it online to get the confetti! No time to post favourites now, will do so in a couple of days once others have had a chance to solve. It must have taken an absolute age to work up, so many thanks again for sharing! PW

Pot reward! Purse, Hairnet 🙂

Done it! I must admit to liberal use of an anagram solver (often but not always helpful) and crossword solver for the last few. That's a remarkable grid-fill and some very nice clues to boot. 15a the pick for me. Thanks Henri!

Holy smoke, what a fill! Superbly sharp. But should we really be encouraging this madness? Yes, of course we should! So much cleverness to love but, for some reason, the simplicity of 13d especially tickled me. (Many) hats off fella.

Well, that was a lot of fun! I didn't get all the way without the aid of some letter reveals and I sort of reverse engineered some of them by guessing at the grid fill word. Among my faves are 6a,9a, 26a and 28a and 4d, 5d, 6d, 18d , 27d. I'd love to hear how you go about making one of these