Never knowingly undersolved
Some very good clues here. I wasn’t sitting in my usual place in peace and quiet when trying to solve this, and made poor progress with it. Only when I came home did it fall, and even then I had to ‘cheat’ once or twice. So it’s difficult, or perhaps it’s just me.
Definitions underlined, in maroon. Anagram indicators in italics.
A colourful offering from Chalmie this morning…
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27523.
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of May 19, 2018
A themed puzzle from Gozo as usual, always a pleasure to solve and blog. Thank you Gozo.
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A fun and tricky solve with a lot of parsing still to do at the end.
All very straightforward, as one would expect from this setter, but if anything needs further explanation please just ask. . . Across 1 Understand leader of faction, in briefly (6) FATHOM – F[action] … Read more >>
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A bank holiday Monday offering from Crux
A request to step in as holiday cover for a fellow blogger, willingly agreed to. Then it turns out to be Anto. Ah well, other forms of Bank Holiday entertainment are available. … Read more >>
Pasquale’s first appearance in the post-Rufus Monday slot finds him in very benign mood: after a single pass through the clues I had only a handful of gaps. Nevertheless the clear and accurate … Read more >>