Good fun for a Monday, as usual. Faves: 10a was very snappy, 14a, 15a, 5d, 9d made me work and I had to wait for crossers but definitely fair, 13d (but not a fan!). Nice Nina!
Like a nice car: smooth, satisfying and not too slow. Beaten only by 4d - knew his name but not his nationality. Pick of the bunch today: 10a, 12a, 14a, 22a, 25a, 9d, 17d, 18d. Hats off to the nina - ironically helping to achieve a resolution! Cheers.
Excellent Nina emerged early enough to be a great help, thanks (I also liked the 9d wordplay a lot, not sure I've seen part two before). I also liked 6a (neat def), 7a,14a,23a,3d,5d,16d. Now my week feels like it has properly started!
Thought this was going to be tricky but everything started falling in to place nicely. The special instructions did serve to highlight a likely nina which helped. My favourites were 7a, 14a, 25a, 1d and 9d.
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