NTSPP 849 – Big Dave's Crossword Blog
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  1. Congratulations Maitresse on your promotion to the NTSPP and thank you for the crossword which I solved while waiting for lunch to cook

    Lots to enjoy; I particularly liked 21a

    Thanks in advance to Stephen

  2. Crikey, Maitresse, I found this much, much tougher than your Rookie Corner puzzles. I assume CS must have been using a slow cooker for her lunch preparation!

    However, I did enjoy the challenge, although I can’t parse 17d. I also found a small number of the surfaces to be a little clunky, especially 26a.

    The “homophone” in 13a doesn’t work for me, and I am not fully convinced that “now” in 11d is synonymous with “chic”.

    I entered “vinology” as my answer to 16d but, as I wasn’t sure that this was right, I revealed the letters only to find out it was wrong.

    My favourite of many ticked clues was 21a.

    Well done and thank you, Maitresse. Please keep the puzzles coming but can I make a plea to dial back a little on the difficulty level in future?

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