Cryptic crossword No 1,805

Thanks Bombe, good fun. Faves include 9a, 10a, 16a, 25a, 15d (though I think "dropping" would be preferable, grammatically) & 21d. Spoilers ...

Sorry to be late to this Bombe and congratulations of your debut here. You have already been 'Fezzed' so you have a few pointers to consider. Yes, a few things that will become tightened up in time but I very much enjoyed this first effort. I suspect you have compiled puzzles before? Lots of neat constructions and ideas, some nice surfaces in there and some fun. On the whole, I preferred the shorter, cleaner clues. Faves inc 13a, 25a (ha ha), 1d, 19d and 21d. Thanks. PM

Thanks for the fun puzzle, Bombe. There are some lovely clues here. If you like you can watch/listen to me solve this at twitch.tv/contocrosswords - if you do I hope it's fun/useful!