Cryptic crossword No 72

Thanks plumbwizard, this was a lot of fun. Favourite clues were 10a, 11a, 24a, 25a, 1d, 3d and 16d. SPOILERS in reply...

Nice crossword... Enjoyed many of these; favourite clues were 9a, 11a, 13a, 24a, 2d, 3d and 7d

This is excellent work PW, well done and thanks. Hard to pick out 'likes' - perhaps 24a, 25a, 3d deserve special mention. I also liked ..... (SPOILERS below)