Sabre’s first Listener was waaaaay back in 1970, and this was his 75th solo effort — others were in collaboration, including no. 3000. This year’s puzzle had a slightly odd grid with gaps between a lot of cells and ticks around the perimeter. (And did Sabre have a competition with ‘Eck for the number of steps required to finish!)
As with ‘Eck’s puzzle, no time for any detailed solving notes, except to say that the initial grid took an age. Fitting all those Trapdoor, Spinning and Jumping clues around the Common ones was not for the faint of heart. I must, however, highlight my favourite clue: Common-12ac Gorgeous films of 1968–69 Harleys? for SUPERBIKES [SUPERB + IF + KES minus the extra letter F].
And so, another picture that’s worth a thousand words.
Full clue analysis can be found at the Listener Crossword website.