Azed 2740 – no blog yet

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The Azed Christmas puzzle has a stated closing date of 29th December. This is unusual in two ways: first by being a Sunday, and secondly by not giving an extra week, as is … Read more >>

Financial Times 17,933 Jumbo by BUCCANEER

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This grid is chock-full of the witty and precise clues that I have come to expect from Buccaneer. I nominate 55A for Clue of the Year. I hope that I have solved and parsed everything satisfactorily.

The grid with the clue previously missing from the online publication appears here: FT 17,933 revised

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Quick Cryptic 39 by Picaroon

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This is the thirty-ninth Guardian Quick Cryptic, a series of 11 x 11 crosswords designed to support beginners learning cryptic crosswords.  The whole point of these crosswords is support and encouragement of new solvers, so special rules for these crosswords apply – see here – those rules include not posting solving times.  This puzzle can be found here.

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