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Hi BM,

26d - Single letter "new" + 3 letter "range" as in 'oven' - Joe Blake is an Aussie slang term for a snake.

You mean you don't darling Kylie (Minogue)!!!

brendan, wash your mouth out!

I thought this one would be right up your street, Brendan!

I have not seen “surface” to indicate the first letter of the following word before. Is this OK? Or is there another way to parse 23?

T is the standard abbreviation for surface tension. Surface as a first letter indicator is questionable enough but without an "of" to link it to tension is a definite no-no as far as the standard of Listener clueing is concerned. (You might see it from certain "libertarian" setters in certain dailies, though.)

Just checking, does Tatters still provide a link to the puzzle?

Thanks loge. I had not come across T for surface tension. Makes much more sense. We live and learn.

Found this quite tough (mainly due to hidden message looking like gobbledygook til the end), but very enjoyable.

Finished with about 10 clues I couldn't fully parse but further analysis leaves me with just 18d. Could someone give me a hint as to how the word play works?

Thanks

Smellyharry, the last five letters of the answer mean behind, and the first three, of which the last is extra, are defined by the "seemingly limitless mass"