Very nice puzzle Gennaro, I particularly liked 6a, 10a, 13a, 18a, 1d and 5d - 13a is not a word I'm familiar with in the context you used it, I had to check with google - I think I'll start using it! Thank you.
2d is tremendous. Great puzzle, Gennaro, with lots of fun word play. Some other favs: 6a, 13a (sounds like a war hawks idiom), 18a, 23a (surface), 4d, 17d. Thanks again, very nice!
Good stuff Gennaro, thanks. Despite lack of SI I cottoned on to the expected Gennaro shenanigans pretty quickly, which made for a smooth solve Podium for me 7d, 16d & 17d but good to see plenty of variety in peoples picks 🙂
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