Cryptic crossword No 2,687

Haha, nice one. I spotted the beginning and end of The Thing quite early but only twigged the key clue towards the end, and it did help with my last handful. Podium: 12a, 25a and 21d. Thanks!

Thanks, Gennaro. This one challenged me and also made me appreciate the lack of underlined definitions (I lean on those more often than I should). Glad I stuck with it though; the homestretch was quite pleasurable (including all SI-related materials). Amongst favs, I'll count: 12a, 14a, 22a, 26a, 9d, 16d, 21d

Golly, I struggled with this one, but not because of poor clueing! The cheeky Nina was a real help though, so thanks for that! Faves included 10a,23a,24a (COTD) and 15d,16d,17d

Very droll. 7a, 22a, 25a, 17d and 21d my faves. Thanks. PM

Very nice. 15d in particular.

Thanks for this lovely one! Faves were 12a, 19a, 24a (wow), 9d (super wow). Very enjoyable.

Ha - I'd completely forgotten about that! Very nicely done, Gennaro, thanks. Towards your trickier end, partly through not getting as much help from the Nina as usual. Favourites: 10a, 10a, 24a, 26a, 1d and 21d. Spoilers ...