Never knowingly undersolved
As always, it’s a delight to find a Picaroon puzzle for my blog. When I entered the answer to 22ac (I hadn’t yet solved 5,9 and 13ac) I thought it was rather … Read more >>
Another new setter today – welcome to the Independent and 225, Mev.
My second Leonidas, and it was a pleasure.
“Eight suitably positioned and thematically connected elements are hidden in the completed grid. Five of these are of a kind and should be coloured appropriately (35 cells). Three others (the first and last two on the MAP) should each be highlighted by drawing rectangles round the relevant elements (13 cells in total). Solvers should add to the MAP by finding a ninth element, forever associated with the theme, whose six cells should be coloured brown, including one cell that had been shaded earlier. Apart from one that is L-shaped, all elements are in straight lines. Two answers are abbreviations. ”
Non-prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of April 10, 2021