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Hello, I’ve solved and enjoyed (thanks)! Added some feedback for you. Have followed you here in case you have any Qs etc. Cheers

This was a really lovely puzzle, thanks. Amongst many likes, my favourites were probably 10a, 14a and 18a. Cheers!

Great fun, thanks! Loved 7&8d, 17d very clever, 12a and 27a, of course!

For me a letter indicator ought to be a noun to make it unambiguously clear, so maybe I’d be more comfortable with “only starts”… but as I said in a separate post, I’m probably being dim!

I’m not sure I see the comparison at 1. I don’t think there is any ambiguity with “starts late” as starts as a verb gives the solver the instruction; with begin, I see there is no clear way to know that you only mean the first letter, as opposed to say begin as an indication of positioning synonyms.

I don’t see how begin suggests only take the first letter (I’m probably being dim). With flips, presumably all fodder is reversed?

Catching up… enjoyed this, thanks. Really liked 3a, 12a, 13a, 23a, 7d and 17d. Cheers

Enjoyed this, especially Meat Loaf and the prof!

Ha, yes, though I’d have some sympathy!

Thanks, Henri… it’s all a bit of fun!

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Very nice! Very much enjoyed this. Lots of lovely clues, with favourites being 1a 4a 11a and 16d.

23d Delight in a bit of wind with love (5)
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