Trying to be too clever

Nope, just the right level. Straightforward, nothing obscure or niche, but made me think. Confetti in the last 30 seconds. Very good grid.

Ignore Richard. It was good.

No idea what, who or where Guignol is, but got my 🎊 TY

Now I know

Great grid. TY :)

Nicely constructed and.fun groups - nothing too obscure/niche. My only complaint would be it was four word play based links, and three of those were 'followed by'/'following' type links. I shouldn't complain at all though, as that's probably what made me able to solve it.

Rhubarb Triangle is pretty niche