Cryptic crossword No 838

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Thanks for the delightful puzzle Hex, good clean fun :) I enjoy your succinct clueing style, and particularly liked 1a (neat and fun), 4a (nice thematic entry and neatly clued), 9a (smooth), 11a (made me smile), 13a (neat), 21a (neat), 25a (simple but smooth), 27a (neat), 29a (neat), 5d (neat), 12d (very smooth), 18d (smooth) and 24d (neat) - good job!

Hi Hex. Took me a few days to get around to this. Well done with your theme incorporation - a satisfying mix of relevant solutions. Favourite clues include 9a, 12a, 13a, 30a, 3d, 5d, 24d and 25d. Spoilers in Reply. Thanks. PM

APOLOGIES - word count for 26a is 1, 2, 5

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