Cryptic crossword No 3,251

Thanks tp- great puzzle even without me knowing all the thematics. Couldn’t solve 11a, 24a and 29a, and nho 30a but liked it. Top picks: 9a, 13a, 15a, 19a, 29a, 31a, 2d, 7d, 21d

Thanks tpg for a nicely themed crossword. My top picks included 13a, 27a, 31a (had to 'reverse parse' this clever one), 3d, 16d, and 22d. More in reply.

HI tp - I'm playing catchup with a few grids I missed last week and pleased to have tried this one although the southern half held me up much longer than it should have with reveals for 18d and 21d. Impressive number of answers in your theme but top three for me are 16d, 32a and 17a.

Great theme (!) and puzzle. 4a is very snappy, 12a works nicely. Love 32a (COTD). 3d grind isn't CC-orthodox but I got & loved it. Top notch stuff!

Nice puzzle and super theming tpg. Well done. A few liberties taken along the way but I managed to solve everything bar 21d which I've heard of but which did not come to mind. Likes inc 8a, 13a, 25a, 29a, 32a, 7d, 23d and 26d (though I did not know the character mentioned). Thanks. PM

Nice one TPG - all parsed, and much to enjoy, notably 15a, 6d, and 21d.

Hugely honored by @Patanoia’s excellent live-solve of this puzzle: https://youtu.be/6D98nA0F_ww?si=oVZxmNWksOLEYXLf Thank you Pat 😄