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@Elle I have always pronounced 22a as hinted.
It is a rather an old joke though.
The homophone I groaned at was 16d

Ah yes...I…. er…. sighed over that one!

Chambers shows the i is pronounced the same as as in ' mine'

24a (4,5) Unfairly bowled, a weak spin on the ball
W?D? A???E
Answers please

If it helps, 'on the ball' is the definition. The first four letters are an illegal cricket delivery.

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Just a handful of dodgy clues this week, not least 3d where the definition seems to be the opposite of what's required !

("no-one's told me otherwise" = AS FAR AS I KNOW)


In 25a, 'fundamentally' should be 'initially' and the clue requires 'To' at the beginning for a grammatical surface reading.