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  A wonderful selection of previously unknown words amongst the answers   ACROSS 1 German certainly recalled China as source of purgative    JALAP   german yes JA + china PAL< 5 Mark … Read more >>

This compiler never disappoints – wonder how many people agree   ACROSS 2 Boozy concoction providing animation?   TOM AND JERRY  dd 10 Person across globe sporting Asiatic names?   ANTISCIAN   (ASIATIC … Read more >>

Some cracking words amongst the solutions especially 1a,18a, 3d and 8d   ACROSS 1 Tepid document signed by dirty old man    LEWDSBY    LEWD S BY 6 Painter’s coloured in bull    … Read more >>

Straightforward puzzle this week with some smashing, previously unknown words – 5a, 30a and 1d in particular   ACROSS 5 Old miser fine during botched stick-up    PUCKFIST    (F STICK UP)* 10 … Read more >>

7 across was a cerebral stretch …. and 19 across not in Chambers …  splendid clueing   ACROSS 1 Sky cataloguer reduced 40 per cent of stars – most out of order MESSIEST  … Read more >>

A smooth and enjoyable ride this week   dd = double definition      ( )* = anagram      { } = omit      < = reverse   ACROSS 1 Start … Read more >>

As usual rich vocabulary and diverse clue styles… love the original word in 23d … grrrr   ( )* = anagram       { }  =  omitted      < = reversed … Read more >>

Pretty smooth run this week   ACROSS 1 Support given to cut in board game gets opposing current BACKDRAUGHT      BACK + DRAUGHT{S} 10 Commotion – flight has one falling out STIR  … Read more >>

ACROSS 1 Most of peers into suppressing attitude that’s plain PRAIRIE     AIR in PRIE{S} 7 Article not seen in best funerary venture CREM      CRE{A}M 11 Continues to study, skipping … Read more >>

Could not have got poet at 23a without recourse to google. Indian word in 3d is spelt differently in Chambers. 8d was a very hard nut to crack.   ACROSS 4  Bard’s not … Read more >>

Never a week goes by without this setter coming up with some extraordinary stuff – like 1ac   ACROSS 1  Kitchen wizard, say, to try something hard    SPELL BAKER    tichy 10 … Read more >>

Pretty straightforward this week. Some very clever surface readings eg 28 and 31 across.   ACROSS 1  Fools rolled back ceiling formerly blocking the light  STARPROOF  PRATS< ROOF 11 Old colleague mostly satisfied … Read more >>

Splendid smorgasbord of diverse clues   ACROSS 1 Job with difficulty put on at end    POSTFIX POST FIX 6 Rebel leader beginning to trash bank when retreating    TYLER T RELY< 11 … Read more >>

ACROSS 1 One close to Sun’s lawyers strands a reporter initially at sea BARNARDS STAR BAR (STRANDS A R}* 10 Octahedral crystal, a chunk with end broken off ALUM A LUM[p] 11 High … Read more >>