Angus

This took a long time, partly because I had TINGE instead of TINCT, CDS instead of IDS and COLA instead of COKE. Some enjoyably clever clues, though.

I loved ELEPHANT but yes that NE corner was tough. Didn’t help myself by having FAT instead of FIR for the purchase you might trim (I was thinking of a cut of meat).

I couldn't understand what I had wrong. Turned out I was thinking of tea caddies rather than golfing caddies. That may be my nationality showing.

Bit of a slog for me - and took much longer than usual. Couldn't see why only some of the side entries dropped a letter until I read this column.