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An offering from Paul to please those with a sweet tooth and to brighten up a miserable wet morning. Paul has cleverly worked in two aspects of the sweet theme, as candy or … Read more >>
Rodriguez provides the Thursday challenge this week.
Neo is today's FT setter.
Weekend puzzle from the FT of October 26, 2022
Clues to the nine-letter entries — all real words — consist of three definitions to component parts in order. To form the entry, each part must suffer an identical LOSS affecting the same letter each time in a given clue. The six letters thus obtained can be arranged to give a relevant two-word phrase, which must be written below the grid. Nine other entries are deemed to have suffered the same LOSS leading to a different word being clued. However, the entries have their losses restored, always in checked cells. Numbers in brackets refer to the spaces available. Chambers Dictionary (2016) is recommended; 5 is in ODE.