The last time I blogged a Redshank crossword, its theme took me a long time to decipher. This was easy enough to work out with 5a being one of the first answers in. This puzzle had one of those themes in which, once you know the trick, you get all the answers from the definition alone without having to unravel the wordplay. That letdown apart, I found this a pleasant puzzle with some cheeky/amusing techniques (e.g. 19a, 27a).

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Sorry for the later posting (long lunch).  This was an enjoyable offering from Tramp (as we have come to expect from him).  Well clued and neat surfaces.  Thanks Tramp.  Definitions are underlined in the clues.  The pair of pictures at the bottom has an unidentified link to the crossword.

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It’s that Friday feeling, Phi returns.

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