Excellent, very tricksy! Was feeling smug after getting the anagrams first and fairly quickly but couldn’t complete in the end.

Tough one. Liked the Rainbow red herring. Thought the anagrams were hard though. Only got 4/10.

Lacy doesn't begin with LACE

TooCleverByHalf: Lacy is an anagram of Clay; Laceration begins with LACE.

Yes I know. You are missing the point. The word 'LACY' does not begin with a fastening because it is not spelt that way. So the clue doesn't work. If, however, you are implying that because PART of the word SOUNDS like the desired word then that seems a bit weak and a bit shoe horned in.

TooCleverByHalf? not clever enough - reread the answers

Oh yeah! my bad. had a bit of brain fart there. I stand corrected, nothing to see here. Have a great day everyone. Good Grid!

The weird thing is I actually got the anagram connection too!