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I had a similar experience to Brendan, except that 26a was first, and for some time, only, one in :)
I can't see the definitions for 23a and 24d, or the parsing for 22d. Any hints?

Hi Chris,
23a 19 is not a cross ref, it’s less than…
24d go as in vim, vigour etc
22d West (actress) , then end around one, losing first letter (a tab)

3 letter first name of famous West. “A” inserted in END minus a letter meaning tab (according to the young fouls!)

Not “fouls” folks!

Only just started but, like Chrise, 26a FOI followed by 10,19 and 24. I may be some time finishing this, if at all !

I’ve noticed that the names of forum members keep appearing in Guardian clues. There’s now been three in the last four days… is something going on? 🤔

Thanks jono and ian
Completely fooled by 19!

Finished, but with no pleasure. Too much reverse engineering to find words which might be fitted to the clues. My thanks to contributors for some of the parsings which were beyond me.

There's a couple of references here to a loose T in 17a but these are still too cryptic for me to work out the wordplay (assuming I've got the right answer of course). I also don't understand the R I have in 22a unless the 4 in the clue should be 5.

you seem to have miscounted in 22, david!

Where should I have been counting Chrise? I was counting along "their".