The annual-ish EV outing for Lato this week, and no extra/missing letters/words or misprints to look out for. Instead there were just nine unclued entries, each suggested in one of two ways by a tenth.

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This puzzle kept my solving partner Timon and I pleasantly occupied on a very wet Saturday afternoon, but we  couldn’t adequately explain a couple of the clues.  I think that I have managed it now (with a little help from the annotated solution).  The puzzle is the first I can remember to have included not just one, but three poems, and two of their titles. Read the rest of this entry »

I always like puzzles by Tees and there was plenty to appreciate here: A wide range of clue devices, Offbeat references within suitable surfaces, Cheeky theme.

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