Solving time: 10:57

When I started doing the Guardian I wasn’t so keen on Paul’s puzzles, simply because I wasn’t used to the more liberal style. Now I’m more familiar with Guardianese he’s rapidly becoming one of my favourite compilers. I thought this was a terrific puzzle, so much more better and enjoyable than last week’s Saturday crossword, with several brilliantly inventive clues mostly staying just on the right side of fair. Would have been about 9 minutes but for stupidity at 13ac.

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