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Hi Bigmacsub,

That's a good analogy, I've been on them courses - I think I might even have given a couple:-)

Yes, that seems better. I took ‘behind section’ as the last three letters and the standard two letter abbreviation for a sailing vessel sandwiching the four letters for crew.

Morning all,
That was quite a technical solve I thought. Having read Brendan’s early remarks I started in the SW corner which helped! Took me a while to get 14a but when I did it was good. I doubt the cool kids use that 3 letter term these days (or call themselves cool kids for that matter). Some clever surfaces. 1d probably my favourite.
There’s a particular thread on this forum that might appreciate 15d ;)

Hi Jono,

I was pleased to see 15d as well:-)

Morning all, here comes the slow man

Help for the following please

19a Rod might drink daughter´s tea (9)
I have X?????D?R

21a Polish mum once called round (5)
I have ????N

and 22a American friend, turning over sport, getting armchair (7)
I have ??????R

Ta

Hi Hywel
19 your X is wrong. It's a (slightly unfamilar) variety of China tea.

21 I took some time to see this. The definition is obvious, but the wordplay is devious - best clue in the puzzle.

22 Definition is a type of "expert"

Hi Hywel,

19a Your X should be a G - definition is "tea" (but I#d never heard of it) and it's 3 letter word for "rod" + 5 letter word for "might" around D(aughter)

21a definition is "polish" - 2 letters for "mum" (as in 'quiet') + 3 letter word for "once called" (birth name) reversed/"round"

22a - definition is "armchair" (another definition I didn't know) - single letter for A(merican) + 4 letter word for "friend" + 2 letter abbr. for a "sport"/game reversed/"turning over"

Thanks Chrise and Brendan, I had likes to shoot as Chatterbox - not parsed, but I was happy with it !!

Wow, certainly no walk in the park, not helped by the fact that I had never come across 19a with this meaning and I hadn't heard of 1d so I had to work it out from the wordplay.

I'm still puzzled by the definition of 20d - surely it should "almost" rather than "as good as?" Or am I missing something obvious? (Wouldn't be the first time!)

Hi JustSolve
"As good as" can mean" almost, as in "the puzzle is as good as finished".