511 Monk

A wonderful puzzle from Monk first blogged here, full of effortlessly inventive clues with that mix of misdirection and exactness that makes a clue worth repeating to your friends. My first in was also perhaps my favourite at 9ac: “Curry – see whence it might come the second I missed the toilet.” My only quibble is with 4d where ‘relief’ in the wordplay clues ‘tel’ – thankfully the original blogger pointed out the link via ‘let up’. I think this kind of thing terribly weak. Still plenty to entertain any palette, including a nice hidden theme which you need to spot to know why you’ve got the right answer to 5d.