Cryptic crossword No 765

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ty sirdakka, v hard but lots to enjoy - favourites 1a (although second word ambiguous?), 12a, 13a, 15a, 29a, 1d, 5d, 22d & 27d. Spoilers ...

Definitely tough sirdakka. Took me several passes through and a few really held out at the end - 26a, 32a and LOI 15a. Everything is very clever; I could tick almost any clue for inventiveness. If I was going for a podium, it would probably include 10a, 12a, 13a, 24a, 32a, 1d, 3d, 5d, 7d, 19d, 20d. Which is a podium with many steps!. Spoilers in Reply. Thanks. PM

Fabulous work! Bottom half generally easier going than the top, which I found rather tough. 1a a great start. 24a and 1d are genius! 7d has a lovely bit of misdirection. Rest of comments are spoilery so --->

Good stuff, thanks sirdakka. A neat idea, well executed, though I didn't appreciate the full extent until seeing the annotations. Hard to pick favourites from an excellent field but I'll go for 1a, 10a, 18a, 24a and 1d.

Hi sirdakka, missed this at the time. Not sure you’ll see this. Some great clues here - 1a 2d 22d 7d 24a 28a 27d and 21a. Some quite chewy and required some assistance! The trick made it tricky! cheers