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Yes, it's a Scandinavian name, same name as the drummer from Metallica.[/]

Thansk ParadigmShifter, even when I had the Scandanavian, I just realised I was thinking that the other half of the spoonerism started with T insteam of the correct letter, now I get it!

minty

Thankyou Mintyo, but your Princess is in another castle I think ;)

Would some please give me some hints for 9d and 25a?

9d is an 11 letter anagram around a 3 letter synonym of a word in the clue

25a describes a relationship between the words in the clue ;-)

I thought it might be an anagram "away" of "take thermal pants" but too many letters. Still stuck, I'm afraid .

Pants is the anagrind

Morning all.
Enjoyed this but stuck - despite the hints here - with 5A, 25A & 20D.
Hints welcome
Thanks

24a. To parse this, I needed to use A for Afternoon. Not seen that before, and can't check it out in Chambers, since I threw my 1972 edition into the recycling bin a few days ago because the spine was long gone and it was falling apart.

Very enjoyable. A mix of easy to spot and tricky to resolve. FOI 10a - grateful for the variation on the primarilies. LOI 9d - just could not see the anagram but like the mix of anagrams for part of the clue. COD for me is 25a although 15d was a contender- made me smile and I do love a spoonerism.

Nni,
Yes, A for afternoon is in Chambers. I can’t think of a practical usage though, perhaps someone can suggest one?