I found quite a few clues that i just did not see, needed some PDMs. I stared at 10d and 13d for ages. Agree with other posts on COD contenders. I'll add 10d to them.
Easier than it looked at first. No stand out clues for me. Not sure about the parsing of 1a . I got LA Times but can’t parse the last two letters.
Apart from that, nice to do a quick solve.
An enjoyable puzzle with lots that made me smile. I particularly enjoyed 4 (evoked a great image) and 15 (the Lilliputians get far too much of the fame). I’m now off to eat chocolate and try to finish yesterday’s mammoth prize.
Although I am not at the stage of parsing 13d. There are too many teams for me to build up an anagram, not helped by the fact I can't determine which is the definition part of this clue.