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Thanks Chris, Castafiore and HW7,

23a - You're right, Chambers gives the answer as squalid - I hadn't seen that.

25a - Again, I'm sure you're right in that it's an indicator that the money is no longer in use.

26. I thought of it as, to be cast from the same mould is to be of the same ????

13d) Can someone explain the solution for this?
I have a word that means to "give someone some stick".

Mikey I think "nuts" is a synonym of the 7 letters around the 3 (reversed "set of wheels" )

That's exactly how up parsed it Jazzgirl.

Have just started and so far my experience is the opposite to Brendan’s - got about 10 answers almost immediately and then have ground to a halt, though distracted by other things I have to do so will come back to this later. FOI: 11,2,1a ( Would have been 7a, but I didn’t know how to spell it, apparently!) 24,16 is very familiar idea and indeed I will be observing it. Looking forward to getting back to this this evening.

I didn’t think this was Paul’s best puzzle but enjoyable all the same. A mixture of clues quality wise, I enjoyed 19d and 13d (COD for me) but as others have already pointed out, 24d was a bit weak.
FOI 7a, LOI 12a. Can anybody help me with parsing 21d? I’m pretty sure of my answer, but I don’t get it at all. Also, what about 6d? I don’t see any word play at all, but that could just be me being slow.
All the best!

26 the drink is white wine and cassis (blackcurrant)
6 there are 2 "O"s....

21d three letters for setter (something that sets) around a three letter drink (a cocktail), the remainder is the definition, Austria is an example
6d wordplay is of the ‘say what you see’ type

Cheers chrise and jono. The drink is a new one to me, not sure I’ll ever try it though! I like 6d now, very clever - too clever for me!