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Thanks to Flowerman for an interesting and amusing challenge. Several smiles as apparently obscure clues yielded up answers. Once the grid was filled and the message was revealed I understood what needed to be shown but couldn’t visualise it on the page until light dawned - read the title as well as the preamble, Jack!

Got the 8 cells and the triangle I think, but no idea of how to draw the 13 lines, even though I know the shape they should roughly depict.

I enjoyed this week's puzzle. Thought it was going to be a big challenge since several clues had me baffled at first. But it all unfolded and resolved without too much head scratching for me.

Gitto - if you have the 8 cells, their direction may give you an idea about the trick to drawing the lines. I thought there would be more ambiguities to the lines, but was pleasantly surprised at how nicely it worked.

Stuck at top left, please help with 1a, Charlotte's excellent knife to cut fish (6) straight clue. Thanks.

Lumen, the answer is a US term for 'great, superb, whatever'. There's a very common fish with a very short knife inside...

Nice puzzle, end game held me up for a few minutes til I figured out the significance of the fourth feature.

Two loose ends for me - can't see the word play for the first 3 letters of 3d and I can only get 35d to work if Harold is in fact Henry?

Ta

SmellyH

3Dn worker = hand

35Dn I think Harold / Henry are both the same three letters here…

3d - the first three letters (worker) have lost their initial letter, given by the corrected misprint in the clue
35d - Hal is an abbreviation of Harold

I have the answer for 16ac but can't figure out the clue. I can "unseason" a soup but can't make sense of the definition - Preferred starter?

Cruncher

It is a horse racing term

I havent seen Hal for Harold before and it doesnt seem to be justified by the chamber's name section?