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NB This is being posted a little early. Christmas is less than a week away, so it's time I got the sprouts on.

Cleverly constructed and good fun

Very jolly. However I'm unable to tease the wordplay for 7, although the answer is clear enough.

Thanks for an enjoyable puzzle Lionheart. Cockie - I don't get 7D either!

Such a great PDM! The original grid wasn't very challenging (other than 7D, which I too cannot parse), but I was looking at a GWIT until I got it.

Nice puzzle, Lionheart. Merry Christmas.

I see 7 dow as an "and lit" clue with the second word needing to pronounced in two different ways. I thought it was one the best clues I have seen for a long time.

Thanks, 0pt0. Now that I see it (and it still took a little while, perhaps because I thought that I'd already explored the two pronunciations), I agree that it's a really good clue.

Bit of a mixed bag for me on this one. I went from guessing what would be in the 6 clashing cells and what would happen with the 7 non word entries before solving a single clue to stuck for hours on the final step.

Still I can appreciate the construction and got a good laugh approaching various family members asking what the word in circles means while sorting through my confusion. Thanks Lionheart

I have a complete grid, but only 5 clashes. I think the sum of the 12 clues involved is 272, is that correct?

ditto, 272 is right.