Cryptic crossword No 434

Terrific. 5a, 14a 17a - lots of favourites.

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A great puzzle PostMark, packed with ingenuity! I found the NW the trickiest, getting thrown by the very neat 1a for some time. 1d was cute too, and in fact all of your hiddens threw me for a loop. Other favourites were 10a, 11a, 14a, 22a, 4d, 5d (lovely def), 15d (absolutely wonderful), 17d and 23d. Some I found very tricky (I'd have been well chuffed if I'd come up with something like them in the setting ;) ) like 2d, 7d and 19d, creating a nicely challenging range of difficulty - well set!