Financial Times 16,233 by JULIUS

I always enjoy puzzles from Julius. For me they have a consistently high concentration of penny-drop-moments: those jumps from from “WTF is this about?” to “Aha, of course!”.  Thank you Julius.

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Independent 10,233 by Phi

In his new peripatetic state Phi appears on a Wednesday and to my pleasure clashes with me. This was his usual enjoyable crossword, which I found a bit easier than usual: only 11ac and 14ac held me up, and even now I’m not totally comfortable with them.

Apologies for slight lateness of this blog. Computer problems, which are I hope more or less resolved.

Definitions in maroon, underlined. Anagram indicators in italics.

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