AZED 2,386

I found this harder than usual.  I made a decent start but then had to come back to the puzzle quite a few times to finally finish it off.  Thank you Azed

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Financial Times 15,800 by JULIUS

I always enjoy Julius’s puzzles as they have a definite character.  I never feel like I’m just churning out another FT post which can sometimes happen.  As usual with Julius there are a couple of clues that I can’t fully explain – any thoughts welcome. Thank you Julius.

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Financial Times 15,794 by ALBERICH

A very enjoyable puzzle from Alberich.  Understated rather than flashy, but none the worse for that.  Thank you Alberich.

My apologies for the blog being a little later than usual this morning but I had to dig the puzzle out of a snowdrift.

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AZED 2,383

I’ve had my obscure word fix for the week and I’m feeling much better now.  Thank you Azed.

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Financial Times 15,782 by GOZO

An interesting and enjoyable change from the usual Gozo fare. I started off slowly and then picked up steam towards the end.  Sorry for the late blog but I’m on holiday this week and had a very late start.  Thank you Gozo.

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Financial Times 15,776 by CHALMIE

We have to find eight 1-acrosses in the solutions, not otherwise defined.  Not knowing which solutions were undefined made this a little trickier than usual but fortunately I had at least heard of all the 1-acrosses.  Thanks Chalmie.

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AZED 2,380

I filled the grid quickly enough, probably because of a lower than usual obscure word count.  Explaining the clues took longer than usual, there is still one explanation that is not quite there.  Thank you Azed.

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