Cryptic crossword No 2,109

Great to see you back here sirdakka! And straight back on form too. Classic fare, loads to enjoy. The ‘20’ clues were particularly good, I thought. Other favourites: 9a, 10a, 17a, 21a, 5d and 8d (great spot!). Hope this isn’t a one-off!

A wealth of &lits and maths. I literally lost count in the end! Marvellous. Many big likes included 10a, 20a, 22a, 5d, 8d and 25d. Ta lots. Superbly done.

Welcome back, and with a superlatively 'sirdakka' puzzle too! Your setting mind is somewhat unique 😆 The maths clues were the biggest head-scratchers, of course, but they all fell in the end. Favourites: 9a, 11a, 12a, 22a (took me ages to parse!), 2d, 3d, 19d and 25d. Minor comments in reply. Thanks!

Nice one, sirdakka, some typically inventive and original ideas here. Enjoyed solving this along with the CS stream.

Great to see you back, sirdakka, with a super puzzle. Faves include 9a, 17a, 22a, 29a, 7d, 8d & 24d. Spoilers ...

Good to see you back here again. As you'll already know way too stretchy in places for me. I alternated between *grumble grumble* and ruefully shaking my head and laughing. No point taking you to task for the grumbles so I'll just say I very much enjoyed 12A, 8D (great spot!), 19D (obviously) and 25D. Welcome back!

Hey sir d. Solved this ages ago but didn’t have time to comment and then forgot! Anyway - nice to solve one of yours and hope all is well. Good fun, as ever… my favourites were 8d 9a and 12a. Cheers and happy Christmas to you!