Independent 10094 by Radian

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(Why have they stopped giving the number and author of the crossword, so that one has to put it in by hand?)

As always with Radian, an utterly satisfactory experience. Many can be explained very simply, although that doesn’t mean they were trivially easy. There is one (22ac) which I can’t understand, but usually in these cases the parsing is perfectly obvious once it’s explained. (There was one … but it became clear when I was looking over what I wrote.  Yes quite obvious.)

Definitions in maroon, underlined. Anagram indicators in italics.

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Independent 10093 by Tees

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I wasn’t 100% sure who set this, since I solved it on the Crossword blogging site and that did not give a name.  It does have the feel of a Tees but slightly more toned down than usual – not as many pop culture references and slightly obscure words.

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Everyman 3,774

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It’s an Everyman, Jim, but not as we know it.         If you haven’t been following proceedings, Colin Gumbrell, who produced the Everyman puzzle every week for a number of … Read more >>

Independent on Sunday 1512 Hypnos

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Thank you Hypnos for an enjoyable crossword. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Vehicle with endless job when reversing gets driving aid (6) SATNAV : Reversal of(… when reversing) [ VAN(a … Read more >>

Azed 2435

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A moderately tricky Azed this week, and one where I often had the experience of constructing a possible answer from the wordplay and then confirming with Chambers that it really was a word … Read more >>