One of the easiest ever for me. Maybe dry January is working. The only slight tricky one was 21a so thanks for the hint. CoD 25a which raised a smile and happy memories.
No real problems with this one - I recognised the grid so looked for the alliterations. Even managed to complete it between ends watching the Aussie tennis final! I too liked 25. LOI 21 but eventually realised the type of gunpowder it referred to. Chrise I guess the distance can be in any direction.
No problems this morning . As always it's the short clues that give me grief . LOI 24A - is that even a word ? Thought 23A was very clever .
Cheers everyone .
Hi ChrisE
I was held up at first pass having incorrectly written in 19 down as a measure of astronomical distance with the speed of light as the unit after a 5 letter word you used in you post.