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My goodness, that was hard work! Sometimes Picaroon nearly defeats me.

Not helped by getting 2D wrong initially, which stopped me from solving 8A. FOI 24D, lots of great clues, think I’m going for 3D as COD.

Good luck to anyone who’s just starting!

Only stuck on 2d now! _A_Y
Presumably the name of a composer???
Scores piece, finale from Debussy. Any hints welcome.

not a composer. much more literal definition.

Hi Docrum,

2d - 3 letter "piece" (as in chess) + single letter "finale from Debussy"

Not the name of a composer but an adjective for "scores" - the 'Debussy' reference is a clever bit of misdirection:-)

thanks Chrise, Brendan - as usual, failure indicates barking up the wrong tree!

Yikes, this one isn't quite for beginners is it!

Made a very tough start with 24a, 21d and, thanks to clues above, 2d. Extremely tough going getting started beyond that. Usually I'd look for some anagrams but failing to spot any here?

Hi Krishna,

There is a long anagram in the acrosses and a partial one in the downs.

It seems to pretty universal that this is a tough one!

Also a hidden in the acrosses if that helps.

Need a hint for 17a.
Is it a famous golfer?
Or maybe it contains a golfing term for a score?

Hi Mikey,

17a - Is a double definition - "score" (as a verb) and "zero for golfer" (as in playing with no handicap score)