Well done! I hope you liked it. Any and all feedback most welcome!! : )
merlinnimue 🤓14:41 · 2023-10-30T15:43:37.753Z
Nice one, favorites were SUSHI and SUGGEST (very nice acrostic)... I was almost done in by DISTANT - with the crossers being D.S...T and the clue of food, I first thought of DESSERT as a homophone of being deserted far away... ding dang hiddens make me feel dumb... and I don't need any help in that regard
Great! Glad you liked it and thanks for the feedback! I thought SUSHI might be a bit too cryptic, but I'm happy you got it and liked it. DISTANT is indeed tricky – probably needs more cross letters to be fair.
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Thanks for a very entertaining cryptic! I realise that I'm useless at spotting acrostics and hidden words!
22D Unsure about "served" as a hidden word indicator; "served in" perhaps. I've always seen "served" as an anagrind. Suggestion: "Food is tantalisingly served in the back of beyond"?
17D Masterful!
23A ONE HALF is two words; (3,4)