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21d: Just put the Day inside the extremities of another word

19a/26a: Your crossers are all correct

19a is 3 letter "cheap" + type of 7 (missing an S at the end though) - it's a pun, answer is a game (sport)

26a: 5 letter 7 containing 5 letter "sense of fear" - a cute nocturnal animal, Magical Trevor did an amazing magic trick on one but forgot to put in his journal about the nocturnal part. I'm not expecting anyone to get this reference ;)

12a, 24a, 25d. Hints? I thought I had 25d but posts suggest otherwise. 40ish degrees here in southern Spain. So normal. Cheers.

Hi PDS
Many thanks
I went away and finished the crossword before coming back for answers, but was grateful for your parsing of 26ac as I couldn't see it.
Two new words for me: 15d and 21d. I can't find the latter in my Chambers dictionary or my shorter Oxford. I couldn't find it on Google either. Is it a brand name?
Although I got it early, I still can't explain the last letter of 12ac.
I don't think there is a missing S at the end of the theme word in 19ac
I don't like the parsing of 28ac.

My LOI was 22d, which I don't like.
CODs were 25d, 9d

I enjoyed this crossword; Paul at his best, I thought.

Too early for a glass of wine, so I'm just going to look at my dresser, which contains a nice collection of 23ac and other odds and ends of 7d

21D shows up for me if I google it? But the Day is needed to clarify the spelling ;)

Last letter of 12A is "grand" - for the Romans, anyway

I thought 28A was ok once I got the hospital dept.

22D was my COD, I liked the pork pie misdirection.

Minno -

12A: 4 letter "youngsters" containing "one" + 1 letter "grand"
24A: 4 letter slope plus a word directly from the clue
25D: Person's rear + an anagram, double definition. I did not know this word but got it from wordplay and looked it up.

Hi Minno,

12a - 4 letter "youngsters" around single letter "one" then "grand" - definition is "artistic movement"

24a - 4 letter "slope" + ON from the clue - definition is 7

25d - see @33

Sounds sweltering over in Spain, I hope you're coping okay. My friend is going out there next week and I'm looking after his dog:-)

Thanks to ParadigmShifter and Brendan. Still not there. Must be time to take a break. Best advice for hot weather came from an Aussie mate. Cover up and go slower. Also works for outgoing prime ministers.

Just got 12a. Same word had me stumped a few years back. Wood for trees.

I did have a second look, but when I needed a word search for 2 and 3, it confirmed that I was right in deciding not to bother.

The thing that I dislike about Paul's puzzles is that so often it seems that they were more fun to set than to solve. I think in future I won't even bother to start them.

I think Paul is one of the best setter's personally, I think I am on his wavelength more though.

He hasn't been on top form in the Prize recently though I think (although I did liked today, but the 7s were obscure). The NW corner was particularly hard.

2 of his crosswords from the last year or so have been excellent, the one themed around TOOL was a classic (if extremely difficult) and the THANKS one which contained a great deal of Tom Hanks movies.