Thanks Gennaro, good fun as always. 10a, 12a, 14d my picks. The quote came quickly but only because I am (was) in the middle of doing exactly the same, with the messenger at 2d in my grid fill!
One of your best crosswords, imo. Entertaining, clever, and fairly clued throughout. Many favorites: 5a, 6a, 10a, 11a, 13a, the silliness of 22a and 4d, 1d, 15d, 20d. Thanks for a great puzzle, Gennaro. Continued below...
So many of my favourite click-click-click clues, love it! Nina's early appearance helped a lot as well. Almost impossible to pick favourites, but I really liked 5a,6a,13a (great surface!),25a and 3d,8d,15d,20d
I had to come back to a couple of clues on this over the course of a few days, but got there in the end (10a had me stuck longest!) - but really enjoyed the challenge and the satisfaction of seeing how clever each clue was once I got it.
Great stuff, thanks Gennaro. I'm embarrassed about how long 13a took me but with that and the phrase everything fell in nicely. Lots of nice clues with particular favourites being 9a, 11a, 23a and 15d.
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