A Thursday challenge from Twin; I enjoyed blogging this setter’s Indy puzzle a month ago, and was happy to meet again.
NOTE: There was a glitch on The Independent website, which caused a four-year-old Tyrus puzzle to appear. This has now been corrected.
If you want to see the Tyrus blog (10,655) then click here: https://www.fifteensquared.net/2020/12/05/independent-10655-by-tyrus/
Day: 5 December 2024
Financial Times 17,912 by JASON
Jason is today's compiler.
Guardian Cryptic 29,558 by Picaroon
The puzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29558.
Enigmatic Variations No.1670 – Loop by Jaques
“Solvers must remove a superfluous word from each of 23 clues before solving. Taking either the first or last letter from these words, in clue order, indicates how to LOOP the remaining answers for entry, resolving any clashes. All entries in the final grid are real words.”