Cryptic crossword No 444

This is a rework of an earlier puzzle, apologies to those that have already seen most of it. N.B. two solutions are not in Chambers.

Crikey! The 'check word' button got a lot of use from me there! 🤣

Thanks Blah - I enjoyed this, without working out the theme! (Can't recall having seen it before - was it on here?) Especially liked 7d, 28d, 13d, and 15a.

Nice one, Blah. 😊

This qualifies as a great puzzle, thanks Blah!

Thanks Blah. I particularly enjoyed 10a, 13a, 20a, 14d, 23d & 28d. Didn’t twig to the theme, but was fun nonetheless.

Thanks Blah, was enjoyable to unravel the different layers to this - though I will confess to needing some assistance along the way. I didn't see the Nina until the end, very impressive to work that in with the other constraints. Favourite clues were 11a, 12a, 20a, 25a, 2d, 23d and (especially) 26d.

My memory being rubbish, I can't remember much of the original version, or how different this is, but that means I got the pleasure of solving it as if from scratch again... This time round, favourites were 11a, 22a (I do remember this one!), 25a, 27a, 2d, 7d, 28d. Nice work.

Very clever grid, nice one! Favourite clues were 1d, 9a and 25a.

I think I solved the original, Blah, but I’d totally forgotten (and missed the theme - again!) until I read your comment after solving this one! Well done on a very impressive feat of grid construction and some really neat clues. I particularly liked 18A, 22A, 25A, 13D and 19D. I saw your comment about giving others the chance to quibble but the few quibblets I could muster are so minor that it would be churlish to air them!

I consider myself only a mediocre solver, so this gave me some trouble as you can imagine! Some new words to me (DEUT, DIAPORTHE, NATANT). I knew something else was afoot because you could easily have used other words at 4&8d so looked for a NINA. It then began to make sense and once I got a few down answers in the top half, the bottom became MUCH easier! Two minor gripes/questions, OUTFACE = BEARD? How's that then?! And it was always THE Beautiful South, they were never known as just BS!