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Took me awhile to see what was going on as it is still March here.

As a poisson d'avril joke it fails completely

Interesting. I expect opinions will be split. I suppose the spelling of the setter’s name is a hint at Watts to cum.

Hi Jono, I'm enjoying it. It was the setter's spelling and plus 2d and 10a that warned me something was amiss. Stymied for a while until I realised the date

Very busy this week and missed it. Between Ludwig and the predictable features, no regrets. To be fair, it was only Ludwig's first two puzzles that I disliked, though I've passed on more than one since then.

I’ve just been reminded of last year’s Guardian April 1st puzzle set by “Picaron” (sic) which appeared to include comments by the editor.

Too tricksy by half without knowing which are normal and which are corrupted

Hi Peter, none of the clues are “normal”. They all rely on the use of homophones. In across clues the homophone is the solution, and for down clues the homophone is a word in the clue itself.