Leedsclimber

My earliest memory of doing a crossword was sitting in a bench shelter on Hastings sea front with my dad. After that there was quite a gap until I started dabbling with the Sunday Times cryptic about 20 years ago. Back then my best time for completion could (only) be measured in days. Thankfully a bit better these days.

Independent No. 11,367 by Serpent

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Good morning everyone.

I was rather pleased to see I’d been gifted a puzzle by Serpent to solve.

As a setter with a considerable reputation, I was relishing the challenge, and it didn’t disappoint. There were a few things working in my favour, though. I’m a fan of a multiple word answer, of which there were several and thankfully, there also weren’t too many convolutions in the clueing, which Serpent has something of a penchant for.

 

 

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Independent No. 11,337 by Bluth

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Good morning solvers. Firstly, a big thank you to mc_rapper67 for passing on his Saturday Indy slot to me. It’s a very big pair of metaphorical shoes to fill.

Thanks to Bluth for this lovely puzzle. Typically for them there’s a few quite oblique cryptic references to navigate, and one that I still can’t convincingly parse. Overall though, there was enough to make it a challenge, but still pleasant enough for a bleary-eyed Saturday morning.

Definition (surface) words are underlined in the clues.

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