Cryptic crossword No 825

I enjoyed that, especially when the penny dropped with 25d 24a, very clever! It's a shame you don't provide annotated solutions, as there were a few that I got from definitions and crossers, but only partly parsed, or had words left over in the clues...! It would be good to see what I missed. Cheers! 😁

This is a very impressive feat of construction - well done! If you like you can watch/hear me solve this at twitch.tv/contocrosswords - if you do, I hope it's fun/useful!

Lovely penny-drop moment!

By the way, the perimetric jigsaw puzzle I mentioned is here https://mayaofauckland.com/Crosswords/_CHANNEL_/Previous%20years/2022/12-01%20(Summer)/periphery3.pdf Sorry I didn't think to put that link in earlier!