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Mathprofrockstar, did the thrill of the It clue lead to you overlooking the other old familiar friend at 25 A?

Going on about about a drink on the Riviera? (7)

PS I have the answer, my extensive knowledge of sporting terminology was a great help...

I quite like that one. Of course “a drink on the riviera” might also be “it” ;-)

Thanks, Malone. In fact, I did overlook it. I wrote in the answer, and meant to go back and work out the parsing, but must have (not must of) gotten sidetracked. That one is still new enough to me that I’m not so bothered. I think you and I must be about equal in our cricket knowledge.

I was annoyed to miss the cricket ref and put in "leading" which of course I could not parse.

I feel sorry for "The Yorkshire Shepherdess" of TV and book fame. As well as having 9 children and 1,000 sheep to look after, she now has to put up with some papers referring to her as a shepherd.

mathpro

I like your "gotten". I think we only use it as in "ill-gotten gains".

Malone

I liked 21A in the Times today:

One books male singer: to acquire female as stripper, finally (2,3,10)

I think stripper is one of the few feminine words with -er ending.


jigjag

The answer to 1A reminded me of that long word with no letter repeated that you mentioned some time ago.

Grunger, I was reading something not too long ago (was it here?) about the usage of got vs gotten in the US and UK. I was taken to task once on using the UK way.

Grunger, thanks. I didn't do today's puzzle, but enjoyed that clue!

Mathprofrockstar, I don't think 'gotten' bothers me, I think I use it occasionally... I will have to listen to myself, to check.

Orson and Grunger, I read the church clue as the amount that was due to the church, I.e., a noun not an adjective.

One in the Times for Tyke51 today:

Convincing the Yorkshire pianist to shed weight (7)