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I, like many others, was expecting a bumper Bank Holiday special but, while this puzzle by Philistine is partially themed, it's not the behemoth we usually get on these weekends.

I did wonder if it was an anniversary of the 'mini theme' but, after a quick check on Google, it appears not, so it's anyone's guess why it has appeared this week - answers on a postcard:-)

In terms of difficulty I didn't find it too hard but I still can't fully parse 10d even though the answer is clear.

If you do get stuck there is at least one long anagram in the acrosses and at least one hidden in the downs.

COD - I was going to give it to the Paulinesque 4a but 1d just pipped it at the post - not least because of the D'oh! moment when I cottoned on to the wordplay.

Thanks to Philistine for a fun puzzle.

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10d - ..... ah! That type of canine:-)

Hi Brendan,

I found this on the easy side for a Prize and noticed the (mini?) theme* early on. But a fun solve, thanks to Philistine.
FOI 1a, LOI 20.
COD 14 (even though it's not that hard given the theme and occasionally found in crosswords) over 19.

*Hope this isn't a spoiler, but back in my drinking days I had a few at the infamous Greenwich Village bar [SPOILER ALERT: https://tinyurl.com/5e6zesc5]...
BTW, I have no idea why the theme appeared this week.

10d: "canine" as in dental?

Hi Geeker,

I don't think I've ever seen 14d before and I've Googled it with 19d but nothing leapt and so am not sure what you mean?

Thanks for the link, I enjoyed that - I looked on it's Wiki page and there are some nice B/W pictures of it:-)

10d - Yes, it dawned on me there might be more than one type of 'canine' but a bit too late for my initial blog.

Wow! Baldwin, Kerouac and Mr Zimmerman - what a clientele + 12,18😜

Brendan, I've previously seen 19 ( at least 2 or 3 times) as a solution in cryptic crosswords, though of course it's not common.

The genesis of 19 was exactly how it's parsed! SPOILER ALERT: https://tinyurl.com/66cu87nu

Oh good grief, I meant 14. Sorry.

Thanks Geeker, I knew you meant 14d so no probs.

The WHT looks like it's a great place - I envy you having had a beer there:-)

It was a fun place! When I went (mid-'80s) there was still sawdust on the floor! Apparently it's gone a bit upscale since then 👎...

Fun, not too taxing, holiday puzzle. I’m a Philistine fan.
FOI 1ac
LOI 7dn
COD a tie between 4ac (new word for me) and 14dn