Cryptic crossword No 945

Nice, Liari! Smooth surfaces, some cunning misdirection. A couple were a bit too cunning for me, although reading the annotations, these are devices I've used and expected others to twig, so karma to me... Particularly enjoyed 9a, 21a, 24a, 5d, 6d, 17d among others.

Thanks, Liari! Favorites for me were 1A, 1D, and the surface of 14A!

Hello Liari. Gosh, that's two puzzles in quick succession; nice to see you here again. As always, very crisply clued with favourites including 9a, 16a (Oh my!), 24a, 5d, 8d and 18d. A couple of queries in Reply. Thanks. PM

Thanks Liari, top stuff. Faves 1a, 9a, 12a - lack of US indicator forgiven ;-), 24a, 2d, 18d, 22d. Spoilers ...

Thanks for the puzzle Liari, I love the adventurous line you took with the fill, great stuff! Agree with PM that the long ones were a lot of fun despite seeming initially daunting. I particularly liked 1a (fun def), 11a (FOI and nice assembly), 19a (bagel took me a minute, very neat), 20a (neat), 24a (neat), 1d (cute), 4d (very neat), 6d (very clean, lovely def), 7d (clever construction), 15d (loved this one, might prefer an EM over a QM but very neat), 17d (cute surface) and 22d (neat).

Great puzzle as always Liari! Such great surfaces and clues/parses. And I actually figured out 15d which shocked me :D My favorite clues: 1a, 12a, 7d, 8d. But this puzzle made me hungry so dinner time!

This was a lot of fun and very cleverly put together. Didn't understand 9a but had enough letters to get it anyway and having looked up the annotation it was entirely my failure. 1d and 8d are lovely, you are very good at building a long string of short components into a clean surface and I am suitably impressed.

We got really lucky that this is the most memorable puzzle in the world to Juff! Great puzz, only took us two years to appreciate it!