Quick crossword No 353

Very nice John, but <pedant> isn’t Skate the plural of Skate, (the fish)?</pedant>. COD Visitors. Cheers!

Consistently neat and satisfying clues, thanks!

Thanks johninterred for the breezy enjoyment. Many fine clues including 7a, 10a, 2d, 11d, and 16d.

21 minutes for me, which would have been 16-17 had I not spent ages finding BRANCH - my first clue attempted, but LOI. I can see why 8a is our setter’s favourite, but my CoD goes to SCISM. Many thanks to Sawbill and John for the bonus entertainment. Most definitely a QC.

Thank you, Sawbill. Quite a tough one, for me, but enjoyable.