Julius returns as the setter for the June edition of the monthly News Puzzle. Find it on the FT website to print or solve interactively, or via the smartphone app.
Day: 25 June 2023
Independent on Sunday 1,739 by Hoskins
After a few tougher Sundays a gentle Hoskins
Everyman 4,000
It’s convenient that The Observer is today carrying an article about the Everyman which lists the setters — it says it started with Ximenes, who was Colin Macnutt: in fact he was Derrick Macnutt, which Everyman knows because he’s in the grid; there was Alec Robins, Dorothy Taylor, Allan Scott (who is there as ASCOT, also Alan Connor himself perhaps) and Colin Gumbrell. Because of the need to fit these names in, Everyman has apparently missed out on the usual rhyming clues and the self-referential clue. Can anyone say who Philippa is?
I thought this was trickier than usual, but it was a good crossword and there are no major gripes.
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Azed No. 2,661 Plain
The usual sound offering from Azed. I don’t think there is any clue that I question.
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