Having read Alan Connor's 'Two Girls, One On Each Knee' whilst hiding from civilization in the far west of Ireland, I was inspired to push the boat out and have a go at something a little more challenging from a setting point of view. 

Here it is for anyone who's interested. 

A Puzzle with Fringe Benefits

(.puz and pdf versions are here)

(No solutions provided, just to make it more of a challenge for the solver, but feel free to use this blog to ask for hints if need be...)

Thanks to all who contributed to the first collaborative crossword. I really enjoyed putting it together with a mixture of everyone's suggestions. Here's the next one, the completed version of which will appear on my crossword page.

Same idea as before - suggest clues for any given answers and I will compile a mixture of everyone's contributions.

Clues can be posted as comments on this blog or via Twitter/Facebook/Google+.