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Thanks rogissimo see it now I was concentrating on sons regularly .

Well once again a pleasant surprise. My second answer was my PDM for 23ac, which dropped out of the ether for me. Then I was off. I agree with Rocky the lower half was easier than the top. And many of the clues were very straightforward. I hated the homophone at 9ac and still can't parse it, though I liked the other homophone. I managed to get the answers for 11ac and 3d without having to read Kant or Wordsworth and I didn't know the Italian poet for 7d. Google confirmed the answers. Just two words I didn't know - 7d and 13d, but on the whole much easier than last week, which was horrendous.

My FOI was 21ac after reading the hint here, LOI was 26d, though I still don't understand the use of "frenzy". Like everyone else I must grant COD to 23ac, but followed by 1d.

I may be back next week, but have a busy week-end clearing the kitchen and utility room for the decorators to start on the following Monday.

Please remind me what a Pangram is? and where to look for it?

Seems like 23a is unanimous choice for COD so far. Can't recall ever seeing anything near such agreement!
[Cue 10 votes for other clues. :-) ]

roof, pangram means every letter of the alphabet appears somewhere in the grid.
Usually noticing two or more of [Q, X, Y, Z] is a nudge to consider a possible pangram.

For more on pangrams, including links to triple and quintuple ones, scroll down at

https://timesforthetimes.co.uk/glossary

Agree about 23A, beatiful.

Well, it seems I must be really missing out here. Pretty well everyone agrees that 23a is a beauty, but although solution is obviou it's the one and only clue that I haven't managed to parse. It is with great regret that I am resorting to seeking help, because obviously the beauty of a beautiful clue to a large extent comes from the sense of realisation on solving it, but I'm afraid I just have to. Help! (Please)

23a parses as a backward [(3,3), where the first 3 is a word and the second an acronym]. Defn. could be the first 3 words of the clue, though it could also be considered an &lit.

Micky, read your answer in reverse splitting it 3,3 and see if that helps.