A themed challenge from Pabus today but not an entirely fair one, imho.
Day: 20 March 2018
Independent 9,807 by Knut
There is a quite well-known setter who never so far as I can see sets a crossword with more than 28 clues in it. Quite sensible in my opinion: he is being paid for setting a crossword and the payment doesn’t go up if there are more clues than normal. Yet this one has 35 clues. What has prompted Knut to be so profligate? Something must be going on that requires this number of clues.
Guardian Cryptic 27,461 by Qaos
A quicker solve than usual for a Qaos…