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Independent 9,227 by Quixote

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The usual very satisfactory crossword from Quixote, despite my misgivings about 22dn. Just as Phi does a crossword for the BBC Music Magazine and so his clues often have musical references, so Quixote is the crossword editor of The Church Times and he tends to use ecclesiastical ideas more often than the average.  And it wouldn’t be a Quixote without at least one rare word, possibly two: here they are at 1dn and 20dn.

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Independent 1,368 by Kairos

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Sorry this is late, I’m still forgetting that the IoS is no longer a prize puzzle and is now blogged on the day of publication.

I found this tricky until I got into Kairos’s mindset and stopped looking for the obvious definitions.  Very nice puzzle, though I have to admit to a little cheating at the end to get the blog out quickly.  Thank you Kairos.

There is an unusual Nina in the grid – see Kairos’s comment – number 6.

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Independent 9,222 by Klingsor

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The love affair with Klingsor continues. He must be wondering if there are any other bloggers. But as I have said before from my point of view this is fine. As always he has given us a nice sound crossword with consistently good clues.

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Independent 9,220 / Eimi

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It is the crossword editor himself who has supplied today’s lexical challenge. And not long after I blogged a highly topical puzzle about the Panama papers scandal, today sees me writing up another … Read more >>