Pelaham – I didn’t give thought about lavishly, I just accepted it as an anagrind unthinkingly. I believe you are right, it doesn’t really mean mixed-up/reordered in any sense at all.

2dn: I am all for imaginative anagram leads, but am not completely convinced that “lavishly” really carries an appropriate meaning. The nearest I can get from Chambers is “lavish unrestrained”, which still seems a bit of a stretch to me.

15dn: I too failed to parse this, although the answer was obvious enough. As PeeDee says, if A = about is in Chambers then Dac is entitled to use it. I have always taken V = see through the Latin vide, but going through Vatican City works just as well.

For 12dn, we need RE’S plus STANCE with the inclusion of IS, I fancy. And yes, English is superfluous, but makes for the surface, I suppose.

Good puzzle as always from Dac.

Cumbrian – We’ll have another go explaining 15d. V (Latin for Vide (see)) + ACTION (as in a court case) around or ‘packing’ A (about) = holiday. We’ve never been happy about A for about but as PeeDee says, it is in Chambers – so it must be true!!

Thanks Dac.

Saiga and casemate were new to me but not a problem to derive from the clues, and I’m not au fait with The Simpsons so I didn’t see the Springfield connection; however I am of an age to remember Dusty, so one out of two was all it took.

Thanks for the blog, and a nice crossword from Dac.

Ta
Rowly.