Bluebird makes a rare appearance this Thursday.
Day: 29 December 2022
Financial Times 17,291 by GURNEY
Gurney has a rare Thursday outing.
Guardian Cryptic 28,953 by Paul
I’m standing in for SCCHUA as part of the holiday covers so bear with me – not done a Guardian blog for a while
Enigmatic Variations No.1570 – Scratching the Surface by Cranberry
“Clues are listed in conventional order. All bars touching the perimeter (SCRATCHING THE SURFACE, say) are provided. Locations of further bars, displaying 180° symmetry, are to be deduced (but need not be entered). Ten clues contain single extra words. For each of these, one or two letters (not aways consecutive), as indicated by the extra word, must be removed from the defined answer before jumbling the remainder to make the thematic grid entry. All other clues lead to the answer plus one extra letter. In order, these spell out the theme. Enumerations refer to unmodified answers.”