Independent 8,768 by Monk

Monk’s customarily efficient and elegant crossword today. I get the impression that he is appearing in the Indy more often than he has, which is good news.

One or two are beyond me a bit, but no doubt someone will come to the rescue.

This seems to contain a personal message: read down the unches on the left, then the horizontal unches in the middle, then the unches on the right.

Definitions underlined.

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Guardian 26,422 / Chifonie

The most common epithet used in preambles of Chifonie puzzles appears to be ‘straightforward’ And so it was with this one – the usual blend of nicely-clued charades, insertions and anagrams, with a … Read more >>

Financial Times 14,775 – Falcon

Monday Prize Crossword/Nov 10 Very straightforward puzzle by Falcon, ideal for the less experienced but none the worse for that. I am afraid I have hardly anything to say about this crossword. Only in 7d and in 17d … Read more >>