“The French donkey, lose tail and vanish. But Dutch master appear.”

Ok, I’ll get my coat….

Ok it’s a bit late in the evening for me to pick up the gauntlet but what about,

“One never had silk” – bereft Queen blurted to poster.”

Sure others can do better.

Oh dear! I forgot you posted your wish on Sunday! Your name does not seem to be easy anagram fodder but I did my best. I should have tried harder to ‘personalise’ the surface, but it was your name you mentioned you would like to see, so there it is. Anyway best wishes!

Happy BIG birthday this week!

Hope your wish comes true.

This is the best I can do!

HE LOVES HUMANKIND – APART FROM THEIR SMELL! THAT CHURNS HIM UP

>> I didn’t see any cricketing reference, and understood ‘take over’ literally, as, eg., “Ok, ma’am, I’ll take it over this afternoon?” <<

That's the other part of the double definition – 'assume control' – it's the 'provide deliveries' which is the cricketing ref.

13d reminded me of Slartibartfast’s line, which always brings a smile to my face: “Hurry up or you’ll be late, as in the late Dent Arthur Dent.”

Never heard of Cynthia before but as ray says, the solution was pretty obvious with the checking letters.

I’m not a huge fan of cds but I liked both 7dn and 15dn. As Stella says, it’s the question mark in 7dn that makes the difference. Lots of trademark good surfaces — my favourite was probably 11ac, but I also liked 1dn and 27ac.