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Hi casanova, Google "moon Maria".

Thank you ginge

Greetings

I've had a better run on this one - the clues were easier than most to the recent puzzles.
I'm still stuck on 1 down: I have ?ha?ge? . The thread suggests that this is thematic requiring a numeral.
I may have the g wrong as I cannot parse 19 across (particularly the Yell)
I'm also stuck on 26 across which, it seems, starts with the numeral?

I will then have another look at 28 across in the light of the helpful comments above. Any nudge would be welcome as we are about to go on holiday and I must help Mrs Seal pack the juggling ball and fish basket. Thanks to all

Hi williamseal, I am in the same position as you. However your letters are correct. Gar plus one plus gue which is a viol in Yell in the Shetlands. As for 1 and 26, I haven’t a clue.

XIJ - for 1d, note that the two ‘devices’ are 60 years apart. If you have the other, at 29d, a bit of Googling will give you the more recent one, which did much the same sort of thing (but was Chinese).

26a just a double definition. Google ‘Marvel of Peru’, to find another name for it. This is also another name for a particular type of honeyeater.

Thanks Xij
Satisfying puzzle so my thanks to the setter. I still can't work out 28 across. Is it the current name for 17 down in the country's language? If so I can't parse it all. Still a good day by my standards.

Should have been "thanks quiz' - though also thanks Xij for the 'Yell"!

williamseal - yes. The last two letters (and indeed all of 18d and 25d) need to be modified to fit the alphabet used there.

Finally all done but cannot see the point of 15a...?

Thanks for that quiz, although I did get them by googling the marvel of Peru, and also the answer to 23. I have an old Collins and it’s not in there. I also have the erroneous Chambers, so had to google other answers. Still, now done and dusted. I can’t say that this is one of my favourite puzzles, but it’s very clever. Can someone explain the wordplay for 14?