Cryptic crossword No 362

Good to see another one from you PostMark! I'm about to fly long haul, so will do this offline. But have to say before starting that they're a lovely set of surface readings - will be a shame to crack them open (or at least try...)

I agree with Ozpiper, some lovely surfaces here, and some nicely disguised definitions. I liked (unusually for me) your cryptic definitions too, not quite so convinced on a couple of other. SPOILERS in reply.

Thanks for this puzzle. I particularly liked 18a 22a 1d 3d 5d and 21d

Good stuff PostMark, I struggled at first but everything gave way in the end which makes for a satisfying solve. I particularly liked 7a ("in the right" is nice), 12a, 18a, 20a, 5d, 16d and 23d. Lots of thematic clues /solutions which is impressive, I spotted it early but don't know anything about 11d 12a - what's nice is that this didn't make a difference to the solve...

Nice one, PM. Some neat clueing here. Favourites were 7a, 12a, 1d, 21d. Spoilers in reply...

Nice work, PostMark. 4 down was my favourite

Being what you might call brown fingered (most of the things I touch seem to keel over and die), I don't feel too bad about not completing this. But I enjoyed what I did manage; admired the excellent surfaces, and particularly liked 22a and 11d. Thank you.

Bravo, PM, a really nice one here. Lots of good clues, I particularly liked 20d. The (thankfully not critical) theme went over my head, but I've not been living in the Homeland for several decades, so no surprise there. I was wondering if 3d represented more the movie characterization rather than the real thing, but no big deal. My only real difficulty was the wordplay for 24a - mains? - just don't follow, sorry!