Quick crossword No 284

For hints and tips and explanations see https://reinterred.blogspot.com/2025/08/weekend-quick-cryptic-136-solution.html from Friday

Lovely crossword, John - thank you. It made me smile throughout the solve!

Really good qc. Well-pitched and amusing. I seemed to be on the wavelength of the setter. Thank you, John.

Very many thanks for this and all the others you provide. My (every other) Sunday QC.

Really enjoyed this, with a number of clues provoking an, 'Ah! that's clever!' response. Particular accolade to 3D. 'Spray <> roses' new to us. Toyed with 'hoses' however, knew it could not be correct. Thank you also for our wander through memory lane finding various long not tasted chocolates.

Great QC, which I had to solve from SE to NW - fun. Many thanks John.