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No-one seems to have queried parsing of 23a so I must be missing something ! Any hint would be appreciated.

coffindodger - first letter of thoroughbred + a word for "turned"

rafflesthegt 17d, 1st word definition then 2,1,3 split

Nice one today. Just about right for me. Two sittings, not too long.

Edit I meant 2,1,4 split sorry

Thanks Nick - I should have take a while longer😉

Thanks Prospero,
I had failed to grasp the alternative meanings of turned.
Must try harder !

Been a while since I've done an Everyman but tipped off elsewhere I did last week's (1A! what a clue!) and this was also good. 5d and 12a my favourites for their surface. Shame he has to use "primarly" - "initially" in 24a would be much better this week!

I see I'm not alone in being pleasantly mislead by several anagram indicators that turned out to be nothing of the sort. I guess Everyman has more confidence in us to double bluff like that!

and 'very droll' I thought as I put 'stairrods' for "runner's trainers". A whimsy too far as it turned out :-)

Re 23a When a foodstuff has turned, it has "6 letters", with one letter in front

Late back here, but thanks for explaining! I was stuck on the idea that the peacekeepers part was separate from the word for dim, but I get it now.