Independent on Sunday 1,316 by Hypnos

A good and very enjoyable Sunday puzzle that I found trickier than usual.  I think that the general level of difficulty of the IoS has gone up over the time I have been blogging it.  I wonder if this is editorial policy or just random variation?  Possibly just a natural decline in my faculties.

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Financial Times 14,929 by Io

Cracking puzzle from Io.  There were many of WTF? moments in this puzzle where I had no idea at all about what was going on.  Thankfully it (mostly) became clear in the end.  Overall this was pretty tough! Thanks Io .

There are still a a couple that I can’t quite get to the bottom of.  Any help with the finishing touches appreciated.

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AZED 2,237

I found this tricky and needed some electronic help to get the last couple of solutions after spending a few days failing to finish unaided.  I thought there was a huge amount of interesting stuff in here, both cruciverbally and factually.  Very enjoyable indeed, one of the most interesting AZEDs I have blogged.  Thank you AZED.

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Independent 1,312 by Hypnos

Super puzzle.  Hypnos manages to produce a straightforward puzzle (which seems to be the remit for the Sunday slot) that is also interesting and fun to solve all the way through.  Thanks Hypnos.

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AZED No 2,231

My apologies for the late posting.  I won’t comment any further  on the puzzle as I cheated to get it finished quickly for the blog.  Thanks to frogman for help on some of the parsings.

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