Cryptic crossword No 1,999

Very nice and smooth, Coot. 25d held me up for a while before the penny dropped. Favourites included 23a, 27a, 29a, 3d, and 7d. 1d made me snort, as I expect you intended!

Hahaha. What on earth’s got into you?! Silver dildos in t’other place and now ejaculate. Good grief, man! Quite put me off my chowder. Very sharp, as ever. Smooth and gentle-ish. Smilers included 10a, 29a, 1d!, 7d, 15d, 24d (very “you”) and the pesky 25d. Ta lots.

Thanks Coot. Nice puzzle. Good clues throughout but being selective, 25d my favourite. My other picks were 6a 24d and 23a. Cheers!

Thanks Coot, that was very enjoyable and just about the right level of difficulty for me. My top picks were 6a, 1d (come again?), 2d, 5d, 15d, and 22d. I needed your notes to understand 11a but the rest I could eventually see. Nice work as usual.

Enjoyed that, mostly smooth but needed a bit of help with one or two at the end. Liked 6a, 16a, 27a, 1d, 4d, 17d, 15d, 19d...

Very nice Coot and I can't really find fault. Particular favourites were 28a, 6a, 11a (for the "say this"), 14a (I'm a sucker for that type of clue - see 28a ), 1d and 25d (nicely done with orally for a change).

Thanks Coot, good stuff. Faves include 6a, 11a, 16a, 1d, 5d & 15d. Spoilers ...

Thanks Coot, enjoyable stuff as ever. Favourites were 11a, 23a, 27a (a shame these weren't consecutive!), 1d (!), 4d and 5d.

Marvellous stuff - if a tad trickier in parts than your last few for this solver. Loved 1d, 20d (but I agree with Fez's comment), 24d, 6a, 18a and 29a. Additional comments overleaf. Thanks!

Nice job Coot and one of your most approachable in ages; I fairly whizzed through this until coming to a full stop on LOI 25d. Which I had to reveal.Plenty to like - lots of sports and food so I suspected themes but have not found anything. 16a, 18a, 29a, 5d, 13d and 15d my favourites. Thanks. PM

Thanks Coot! Like those before me, I find the clueing here excellent. Very smooth, very confident and stylish. But unlike most before me, I found this really tough and struggled to make headway for quite a while. Persistence paid off largely, though I still needed a few reveals to help me along. Faves: 6a, 26a, 1d, 4d, 6d, 15d, 24d (nice to see this device in action again)