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A well constructed puzzle as always from Piccadilly.

Printing woes (which were probably due to “pilot error”) aside, this was excellent. Thank you, Piccadilly, not just for a well-constructed puzzle but also for cleverly expressed outrage (and a good idea for aficionados to follow up on!).

Such a great final touch with the empty middle cell along with the two containing the digit to complete the endgame - brilliant:-)

Big thanks to Piccadilly.

As far as I'm concerned, the only way the "two cells containing single digit numbers" gimmick works, is if you write out in letters the words required at those locations. For those entering their grids for the weekly competition, it would be only fair to accept EITHER numbers OR words in those cells. Furthermore, if I was really "going postal" and sending my grid in an envelope with a stamp, I don't think the postie would be too keen on what I think should be entered in the bottom three cells of the far right hand column, unless he is suitably classicaly educated. It certainly can't be NELSON. Are we wandering into territory that might be termed "unfair"?

I was feeling very pleased with myself for completing this puzzle without any prompts and continue to mourn the fact that we will be losing these brilliant puzzles.
Now I feel a bit of an amateur because I found only delight in the format and have no idea what NELSON refers to!! Am I perhaps not seeing the full picture......

Nelson (one eye, one arm, one leg) is cricket parlance for 111,

Thankyou. Have added that to my Bradfords dictionary. Played cricket at the same school as Rachel Heyhoe Flint but had never heard that expression!

Good puzzle - thanks piccadilly. Thankfully the theme was suitably accessible so it allowed me to realise what was going on with 36/30!

Help with 21a please something old-fashioned presented to queen results in awkward position. 6cells down to 4. I have L as the extra letter and CO in the first two cells

CORN is old-fashioned…