Year: 2018

Azed 2,410 – Rama’s Nag

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The instructions for this puzzle were as follows:

Clues are of two types. In each of the acrosses, the cryptic
part leads to the answer to be entered and the definition part
leads to an anagram of that answer. In each of the downs, the
definition part leads to the answer to be entered and the (cryptic)
remainder leads to an anagram of that answer. All grid entries
and anagrams thereof are in the Chambers Dictionary (2014),
except for two proper names (one biblical and one geographical).
Bracketed numbers refer throughout to grid entries. Anagrams of
entries at 15 Across and 6 Down each consist of two words.

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My apologies

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Because it was not working correctly and so causing people aggravation, three months ago I disabled the Captcha plugin and installed an alternative that was supposed to detect spambots, and the like, and … Read more >>

Guardian 27,596 / Paul

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I commented only last week on Paul’s fortnightly appearances in the Prize slot – and this week he pops up in the Friday slot instead [?]. [PS: I’d temporarily forgotten that it’s a … Read more >>

Independent 9,941 by Daedalus

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Not the easiest. I’m embarrassed to say how long it took, even with all sorts of aids. But no real complaints — one or two things that seemed at the time to be stretching things a bit but which in retrospect are probably fair enough, and some very good clues. And help needed with 28ac, please.

Definitions in maroon, underlined. Anagram indicators in italics.

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