Quite a challenge!
Day: 11 February 2016
Independent 9,150 by Monk
Monk always offers up challenging crosswords and at the end there are always a few things which one is not sure about, but as usual you will I am sure come to the rescue and I shall see how my misgivings were not in fact justified. Actually this one was less devilish than some of his, so far as I could see.
Definitions underlined and this time in maroon (except for one of them, which I forgot; I had to insert the colour by hand later and couldn’t get it to match the others).
Guardian Cryptic 26,804 by Paul
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26804.
Financial Times 15,152 – Dante
On the whole, typical Dante stuff – although the first Cryptic Definition appeared rather late.
Financial Times 15,151 by Dogberry
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of 30 January, 2016