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i need help with 16d. is the 4th letter G?

14a was my foi and favourite

just spotted 16 - back to the drawing board for 21 - i thought g(r)uff was quite good!

ok, finished now

I also had gruff! Ended up as my LOI

Quite tricky as usual for Paul. Can parse everything except 1D although I have a type of wood and it means to make nicer in appearance as well so I guess it is correct.

homophone of natalie

As in neatly? That's not much of a homophone IMO, assuming my answer is correct (crossword genius says it is but can't explain it)

Oh I see, nattily.

Thinking of long clues I vaguely remember an Araucaria (of blessed memory) cryptic from at least 20 years back than revolved around a 24 letter solution that was the first line of a limerick

'that' not 'than' pls excuse typo

Eagle, perhaps you’re thinking of this one?
https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/prize/21999