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Today's crossword is a work of genius. Challenging, fun and humorous. 8 d and 4d are brilliant! Reminds me of the Everymans of old. Hope the setter keeps this standard up.

I’m of the mind that this the work of Paul, mainly because of the fish/doctor/politician thematic (sorry to be obtuse but don’t want to give answers away)

Really enjoyable. Even most of the anagrams were clever - eg “a pony went bananas”. 8d is fab.

Can anyone give me a clue to the parsing of 17a ? I can guess the answer but what does an axe have to do with it ?

An 'axe' is another name for the second word - it comes up in crosswords every so often. I don't have a copy of the puzzle, I think the answer was a straight anagram.

This native took far too long to solve 8d; even with crosses. Can't see parsing of 20a or 26a.

Malone is correct. A straight anagram. Axe being a word for the instrument. Great fun today. Struggled to decide on 15d between options. I like the doubles in 10a and 13a. Not a fan of the 'primarily' of 2d. Once you've got the signpost it's easy.

20a is all read in reverse 3 short words 3, 2, 4. 26a is 3 letter for pub around 4 letter traditional for 'you' plus a single letter.