Financial Times 14,665 by GOLIATH

A very entertaining challenge from GOLIATH which required several sittings to fully crack the grid. Frankly, this was a very educational outing where I learnt several new words/phrases (e.g. 16,17ac ; 15d; part of 1d) after having deduced the solution from successfully breaking down the clue. Googling helped with 15d.

Thoroughly enjoyed this !! Thanks Goliath for getting my Friday off to a great start.

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Guardian Cryptic No. 26,303 by Tramp

The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26303. I found this a bear, with several parsings which I have either misread or are to my mind stretched to breaking point.. I am generally impressed by … Read more >>