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Well, compared with this, last week's themed offering was an absolute stroll in the park!

I still haven't completely parsed 2d, nor do I get the '24d' reference in 9a. I also can't decide whether 14a ends in an 'N' or an 'S', and as for 24a - despite having 2 of the 4 letters I still can't see what my namesake is getting at.

Honestly, I found this a real struggle. I know sometimes a solver just might not be on the setter's wavelength, but I won't be surprised to hear that others find this difficult.

Anyway, back to 24a, and 14a and.....:-)

At last! I've figured out the '24d' reference in 9a and I finally understand 24a (very cunning by Brendan)

I think I'll go with the 'N' option in 14a but am more that open to the views of others:-)

I finally have every clue parsed which I need to do before I can 'put it to bed'.

Did you find this difficult. or was I just off the pace?

Found this one relatively easy once you get going!

Hi Polly, it's weird because, like I said, I took an absolute age to get going with this but, now I look back at it, every clue is precisely and fairly constructed so I'm not sure what I found so difficult - or maybe that's just always the way it goes:-)

Hi Brendan with this puzzle once I got the date theme then it fell into place. It's a good feeling when that happens!

25a - I am having trouble finding any source that gives "inexperienced" as one of the definitions for the answer. I've checked Chambers and The Free Online dictionary and neither give it.

Shown here
http://www.the-crossword-solver.com/word/inexperienced

Excellent, that's tied up the only loose end. Many thanks Cerasus.

Am stumped by 26A. I have g?t?a?a? But cant find a word that fits. Where have I gone wrong!