Guardian Prize 27,136 by Philistine

A very enjoyable puzzle that was not as difficult as it first appeared.  In the end I think I spent as much time trying to find the reason to choose between the two possible orientations as I did solving the puzzle in the first place.  Thank you Philistine

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Financial Times 15,492 by LOROSO

A super puzzle from Loroso who is back making regular appearances again.  Long may this continue.  I found this pretty tricky and I made it extra-hard for myself by writing in a couple of incorrect answers at 14d down and 26 across.  Thank you Loroso.

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Financial Times 15,486 by GAFF

Tough but all gettable with enough concentration.  There is a lot going on in here and it took me a long time to sort it all out and get it written up into the blog. Thanks Gaff, super puzzle.

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AZED No 2,332 Plain

All present and correct.  I found this very pleasurable, not the hardest AZED but a nicely consistent level of difficulty from the start to the finish.  Thank you Azed.

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Financial Times 15,468 by LOROSO

A great puzzle, full of misdirection.  I have not blogged a puzzle from Loroso for years, so I am very pleased indeed to get this one.  Sorry the blog is delayed but I had Internet connection problems all morning and the puzzle wasn’t easy!  Thank you Loroso.

There is one clue I cannot solve, any help would be appreciated.

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Financial Times 15,450 by JULIUS

More of the good stuff form Julius.  I have to say that his CDs don’t really grab me, but apart from that what more could I ask?  Thank you Julius for another super puzzle.

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AZED 2,326

No printing errors!  At least none that I can see, thank you to whoever has taken up the challenge.  I found this pretty hard, especially the top half of the  grid.  I would be interested to hear how others found it.  Thank you Azed for a great puzzle with some very interesting words.

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