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Another nice gentle one. Lots to like here.

Good day. I found this pretty straightforward. Rhyming pair, variation on the primarily, a hidden, long anagrams, loved 20a - with a loud groan.

Enjoy your day, happy to help with hints later

A couple that puzzled me: the definition in 7d is odd, and why Tolkien in 24? - they are far more numerous elsewhere.

I had exactly the same thoughts Chris.

A steady solve with a few groans on the way, especially 13d and my LOI 24a. Rhyming pair 2d and 20a?

Yevrah, I’m stuck on 5d, 21d and 23a. Hints appreciated.
COD 13d by far..

Hi Nicola,
5 word for prison officers minus first letter, follows single letter
21 think of ‘finally’ as you might ‘primarily’
23 think biblically. Usual two letters for trendy

5D L+ topless prison officers
21D A + last letters = tosses in
23A think Jesus’s Thomas

Thank you Jono and Cymro. All done :-)

Sorry but I thought this was poor. As well as being pretty much a write-in, some of the cluing wasn't very good. In addition to the examples above, why does the solution to 21d meet the definition? In 20a, why is the second part a provision for baking? No indication of a homophone. Maybe I just got out the wrong side of bed this morning?