Brill, many thanks.
5a. My ignorance of Shakespeare and his many characters failing me yet again!
21a. Very good indeed - probably COD
- am always late to see AZEDy compound anagrams
2d. Sneaky infiltrating Germanspeak!
New to me were
colleeen (with a small c) as a defintion - and
potman, which Chambers online gives as: 1. A pot companion 2, A pot boy (and thence gleaned that a
potshop is a small public house!)
Also realised I still can't parse 23d. Is vicar a synonym for pope? Or am i probably missing something quite different? Happy to add Religion to my list of ignorances along with Shakespeare and German!
Could do with a 15² blog . . .
Forgot to mention that 17d is another fave