Apologies for late posting – I’ve been for lunch with the ‘gruntlings’, a group of contestants in the Azed monthly clue-writing comp who meet the week after to compare notes, or just eat, drink and talk. We were also celebrating the 80th birthday of Roy Dean, who sets for the Times.

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A new setter, I think, and a welcome one. This was a very enjoyable crossword with some excellent witty cluing including a few that might not appeal to Ximenean purists. Morph got a few interesting words into the grid and had a couple of nice political digs. I look forward to mor-Morphing. Read the rest of this entry »