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Day: 31 January 2021
Independent on Sunday 1,614 by Kairos
The puzzle can be found here. Hi all. I enjoyed today’s puzzle, despite one clue which I don’t think works (25a). Including cats is a guaranteed way to please me, and I … Read more >>
Guardian Genius No 211 by Chameleon
This is the second Genius puzzle by Chameleon (his first was No 202, back in April last year). The special instructions said: “In six clues their wordplay element contains surplus letters, to be … Read more >>
Azed 2537
A minor delay with the late arrival of the PDF on the Guardian website, and then this turned out to be quite a tricky puzzle, with quite a lot of unfamiliar words. As … Read more >>
Everyman 3,876
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3876. A couple of unusual parsings and some byways of general knowledge made this perhaps more difficult than many an Everyman. ACROSS 1 PENCIL-PUSHERS Clerks, chipper unless … Read more >>