Guardian 28,532 / Boatman

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Boatman sets today’s challenge with an unmistakably themed puzzle. It’s a fairly typical Boatman offering, with the theme word repeated throughout the clues – which can get rather tedious, although the theme is … Read more >>

Financial Times 16872 Slormgorm

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Thanks to Slormgorm.  Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Picture produced by The Stones? (6) MOSAIC : Cryptic defn: A picture made by arranging together small pieces of coloured stones. 5. … Read more >>

Independent 10,877/Hoskins

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A lively little number from Hoskins to start the Indy week. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = anagram indicator [x] letter(s) removed definitions are … Read more >>

Everyman 3,905

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All was pretty straightforward and it seemed that this was another crossword from Everyman that maintained the recent good standard. But, although they were both quite sound, I took absolutely ages on a pair of clues that I just couldn’t do. One of them was fine really, and I kicked myself afterwards; the other was rather obscure I thought; if an answer is going to be an obscure word, then in my opinion the clue should be pretty straightforward. This one wasn’t. Thank goodness I eventually got there.

Definitions in crimson, underlined. Indicators (anagrams, hidden, reversal, etc) in italics. Anagrams indicated *(like this} or (like this)*

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