Listener No. 4844 S And T By Aedites

[emcee]

I was hoping for something tougher this week. Most of the clues were of Telegraph difficulty.

The theme was fairly obvious after solving a few clues. The PDM for the title was nice.

Thanks, Aedites.

[midgler]

Well, it was an impressive achievement to get in so much thematic material, and a commendably concise preamble, but I have to agree with emcee about the clues.  I finished this in under an hour and I am far from being an expert on the theme.  I can imagine that someone who is would  be writing the answers in as they read.   But thanks Aedites, an enjoyable solve. 

[HawkCrossword]

Yes, this would have made an excellent January puzzle, so I'm surprised to see it now. I'm no expert in the theme, but is one pair of answers a little off-piste?  Thanks, Aedites!

[upsetter]

Great fun with loads of thematic material although some of the clues were a bit clunking but gladly no grid staring.

Thanks, Aedites.

[Canary42]

A pushover this week.

Must try harder Aedites.

[perseverer]

Tempted to say "who let you out of the cage," but that would be rude, so I won't.

Yes, definitely on the easy side, but as others say, plenty of thematic material and neat title. Broadened my knowledge of the theme.

Thanks, Aedites.

[Cruncher]

Yup, a gentle stroll.

In other news, for any of you who are online subscribers and, like me, have had to grit your teeth when the Times removed their £5 a month puzzle option a while back -

and have been forking out £26 instead - well the puzzle option is back and a nice man on the helpline transferred my account this morning and took my last full payment in lieu of the next 5 months of the cheaper package. Well pleased!