Thank you to Carpathian. Definitions are underlined in the clues.
Day: 17 April 2025
Independent 12,019 by Atrica
Atrica will be getting fed up with being blogged by us – we have now blogged the last three.
Enigmatic Variations 1689 Buddies by The Ace of Hearts
Before entry in the grid delete one letter, wherever it occurs. In clue order this spells out two names whose aliases then need to be found in 5 straight lines in the completed grid.
Financial Times 18,028 by IO
The puzzle is subtitled "A Maunday Thursday puzzle".