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Finally twigged 21d - I was totlally up the wrong tree. Middle of America, indeed :-)

jvector, re. 21 see Brendan's post #78.
Definition is "middle of America", US spelling of a common word. Parses as 1, 5: "caught" + syn. of "record".

Hi,
I have just finished and got the green tick but am still unsure of the parsing of 24a. And I have entered an alternative second letter and still got the green tick! Can you shed any light on this?
By the way I agree with many others that 11a is just a great clue and more that makes up for some of the weaker ones this week.

Two homophones for the fourth and fifth words - two letters each.

Hi, Derbs, I tried changing the second letter of 24a as you did and immediately lost the green tick, then got it back when I corrected it. I know other forum members have reported a similar issue to you, so it remains a bit of a mystery

Oh, is it a pun connected with 2d?

thanks jono and hotelwhiskey

The first syllable is a homophone. Can is US slang for a convenient place...

First ever post after several weeks lurking, hope I'm doing it correctly!

FOI: 15ac, LOI: 9ac, COD: as mentioned by several others 11ac & 24 ac (I also liked 13d)

Can't fully parse 7d or 9ac

Apologies if this has been mentioned elsewhere in the thread but doesn't 17ac parse as northern (American) types around single letter for town, definition Instinctively recognises?

Hi RedPete and welcome,

7d is two letters for when, then a reversal of a four letter word for flake, defn ‘out’

9a is a six letter word for hesitate minus the first letter, defn ‘claims’

17a yes. If you read the earlier comments the discussion was whether the single letter abbreviation for town was valid, given that it is not in Chambers. However, it is given in other sources