Cryptic crossword No 2,223

Thanks Gennaro, that’s the most fun I’ve had with one of your puzzles (see reply)! Favourites: 6a, 13a, 24a, 7d and 8d. Spoilers …

Thanks Gennaro, this was fun and I appreciated the assistance! Defeated by my own impatience in 20d. Liked 21a in particular!

Thanks Gennaro. Another of your trademark puzzles much appreciated! By no means a pushover, with your device that helped me complete the grid. I particularly appreciated 5a, 12a, 2d, 4d among others. A few I've still not fully parsed, but will look to your annotated solutions for enlightenment...

Gosh. Doing these makes me realise how rapidly the weeks pass! It does not seem long since the last one. I did need the key word to unlock the nina on this occasion as I ended up with quite a few unhelpful letters early on. 7d made me smile, 14d is very neat and 19d is very tempting. Thanks. PM

Thanks for this, Gennaro. I had fun with it. Enjoyed building 12a and appreciated 7a, 4d, and learning a new word in Hoosegow (although it took far to long to spot the answer!) I liked 1d but not sure I recognise the synonym for exemplify - possibly me - and I'd appreciate if you would explain the sell-out synonym in 8d. Feel I'm missing something but can't get it!

Great puzzle! my personal favourites were 9a, 13a, 21a, and 8d!

Thanks Gennaro. I stared at 9a for ages before getting past the clever misdirection and seeing it, nice one! I admit some I got from the definitions without grasping your tricky wordplay

Enjoyed that, thank you, completing it at second sitting when the trademark device clicked into place. Favourites 6a, 13a, 24a, 4d, 14d.

Liked this a lot - it took me to about 2/3 through before the penny dropped but then the rest fell like ninepins 😁 some nice smooth surfaces too... I particularly liked 23a, 24a, 14d and 19d. A minor geeky observation in the reply. Thanks!

As usual, Gennaro, the 'device' and nina passed me by until I'd completed everything, 😆. But it was v well done and I thought this your best offering to date. Your surfaces, my usual bugbear, are much more credible and satisfying, so bravo! Faves were: 12a, 25a, 2d, 14d, 19d (but see reply). V minor quibblet...

What a brilliant puzzle. Gennaro. Thank you! 21a was sublime for me. I've recorded my solve of this one. It will be live on my YouTube channel tomorrow (Fri 31st January at 12pm UK time) https://youtu.be/7QHkDcYLu5A Cheers, Martin

Thanks Gennaro. When this came up on the Cryptic Mystic YouTube channel I had to pause it and have a go myself. Very benign by your standards, but lots of wit in 9a, 10a, 7d and 14d. 20d was a very clever misdirection, but I was rescued by the special instruction. Great stuff!