Cryptic crossword No 3,568

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Ridiculously brilliant. Well done. (You can choose for yourself whether I'm referring to the puzzle or the theme!)

An honour to have solved such a brilliant tribute! To say more would somehow spoil it. Absolutely well done all round 🥳

HUGE congratulations to your wife – and the puzzle wasn't bad either! Very nifty in fact. Hats off both.

Wow, 32a 😀

That's a grid-fill and a half! Smashing!

Lovely all round

Delightful and well worth postponing the weekly shop to complete! I began to figure out what was going on part way through and was already doffing my hat to both the setter for the delight and his infinitely better half for the achievement before finally filling in 17d. 32a indeed.

Well how lovely is this. 32a indeed!

32a indeed! Another brilliant puzzle turned out at speed, I guess? Faves: 17a,21a,27a,5d,15d (fab surface)

Fantastic all round, and many 32a to 28d! Lovely tribute