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Hi Neville
The definition is 'lad' ... ie, the name of one.

Personally I think a much better clue would have been...
Sittin on the dock of the bay gives you a lift 😃

🤣👍

Definitely agree with phil00000.

In fact, that's elevated my mood for the day.

I had a similar experience to many - most went in fine but then I was slowed up by some where I ended up putting in words and parsing with an ‘I suppose so’ afterwards. My favourite was the first of the rhyming pairs - simply because of an old 78rpm record of Perry Como singing about one that I loved as a child. It’ll be an earworm all day now though!

Abandoned ship after an hour with less than half solved -and can't parse some of them . Having looked up the missing answers, this was one of those where I could have tried all week and not got close to finishing.

Started late, just finished.

Phil10000
Love your clue - brilliant ! 😂

I agree, mostly reasonably straightforward except for 22 d & 25a . Phil’s clue much more fun!

Thank you for all the kind comments ... and 👏 Yevrah!