Never knowingly undersolved
Monk always offers up challenging crosswords and at the end there are always a few things which one is not sure about, but as usual you will I am sure come to the rescue and I shall see how my misgivings were not in fact justified. Actually this one was less devilish than some of his, so far as I could see.
Definitions underlined and this time in maroon (except for one of them, which I forgot; I had to insert the colour by hand later and couldn’t get it to match the others).
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26804.
On the whole, typical Dante stuff – although the first Cryptic Definition appeared rather late.
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of 30 January, 2016
I would describe this as a bunch straightforward clues hiding in a forest of misdirection. Easy, if only one could see the wood for the trees. Thank you Artexlen.
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