Cryptic crossword No 797

I took this puzzle to the Fifteen Squared meetup at the weekend, and they have kindly blogged it here: https://www.fifteensquared.net/2022/11/02/amoeba-sb-2022-puzzle/

Hi Amoeba, lots of really great clues in here - 2d, 18d, and 9a the highlights. Do you have annotated solutions available so I can check a couple of answers? Thanks

Cracking puzzle, Amoeba. One of your best set of surfaces imho. I won't list favourites here as I've done that over on 225 and I'm not going to retype it!!! And, no, I can't copy and paste as I've named names over there, as is the convention. Proper treatment for a proper puzzle! Well done and thanks. PM

I started doing this on here and thought with 9a that "I've seen that clue before recently" and then realised that I'd downloaded in on 225, Doh. I've commented over there. Some great clues and a solution with some challenges but accessible for me.

Very nice work, some super clues including but not limited to 2d, 8d, 5a, 9a and 26a. And well done on getting blogged on Fifteen Squared!

Thanks Amoeba - lovely to meet you in York and enjoyed solving the puzzle over a pint there. I've commented on 225 so won't repeat here - nice to see it getting a warm reception and "professional" blog.

Some thoroughly lovely stuff here, thanks for a marvellous puzzle Amoeba! Awesome reception and very cool to get a 225 blog, bravo :) I really liked 1a (very cute), 12a (neat), 13a (smooth use of the mechanism), 16a (nice), 19a (very neat), 24a (likewise), 26a (nice assembly), 2d (delightful), 6d (nice), 8d (fun), 17d (clean), and 20d (nice surface).

Well done! Given the number of people who are picking 2d as a favourite, I shall have to admit I was wrong to ever question it! 😂

Cracking puzzle Amoeba, thanks, and great to see it blogged on 225. Too many favourites to list but I’ll pick out 2D, 6D, 21A and 24A for special mention.