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Oh, and I was pleased a Quetzal appeared (and nice clue) because I've seen one. Beautiful, staggering colour. It was a set-up, of course, the forest ranger having focussed a telescope on one. It wasn't a stuffed toy, though, as I saw it ejecting a whole avocado stone , as they do.

Many thanks to everybody taking part and Les in particular for the hard work.
I managed about 50% partly due to a lack of time and partly due to a couple of errors.


Must try harder

Postscript to parsing on 29a as clue was changed;

final explanation of wordplay is

Tennis player = Graf
providing = if - backing = fi + to

(if anyone's interested...)

A triumph, les - many thanks to you, and also to AB for sorting out the explanations (I assume), and to all the setters.

Thank you so much Les for everything and AB for the explanations etc, --- well done to u both ---- such wonderful fun


@ chrise hope u had a good hols ????? where were u ?? we missed u x

Hi bobs mum
Long weekend in the south, focused round a wedding near Chichester. A lot of very good eating and drinking done!

Tell me more, chris: I come from Chichester! Where did you eat? Just been entertaining a cook from Lavant (just north of the city). Yum! Yum!

Sounds good to me -- wonderful - glad u had a good time --- hic x

Hi GK
We stayed in the Premier Inn in Chichester - surprisingly good, and we had a great morning shopping in the town - wife in particular was impressed by the disproportionate number of dress shops!

Wedding venue was Farbridge, near West Dean - basically a couple of converted barns, but all very well done.

I know West Dean, but not Farbridge: looks wonderful on their website! Oh for the beauties of West Sussex & the South Downs! You almost make me envious! Glad you had such a great time!