The Times Crossword Friday Masterclass: 12 April 2024
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Published 2024-04-12
In the 61st edition of our attempts to solve a Friday Times crossword, Simon tackles today's puzzle, which is another tricky one but features two or three absolutely incredible clues.
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All Comments (21)
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The G typo in 11 down "I hope he sees it!" "I'm going to leave it in..." "Nooooo!"
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If you're able to survive solving a crossword this hard, you're eurycryptic.
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Edge of the seat stuff with that typo! I love how good natured and gracious Simon is when he gets something wrong, the world would be a much more pleasant place with more people like this.
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"Crates" = Packing (adj) cases. "preparing to take off with other holidaymakers" = packing (v, present continuous) cases
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I love the Friday crosswords: I've started building my evening around them -- get a pizza, a good bottle of wine, a complacent cat to lap-sit, and I'm all set. This one was pretty hard!
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Simon spots the cricket clues, except when he doesn't... (And I hope he spots that misplaced H before the end)
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Thanks for the shout out for my daughter’s birthday. She was thrilled 🎉
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LAVA LAMP was the first clue on here i've seen that was an immediate write-in for me, between the _ _ _ A _ _ _ _ and the phrase "moving blobs" which to me immediately evoked the idea of a lava lamp
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Great solve! 14ac I think maybe: crates (noun) = packing cases, and the rest is a definition of what you might be doing if you were packing cases
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14 Across is just a double definition, no need to make it complicated: A Crate is a packing case (e.g. for goods shipped from a factory) and preparing to go on holiday would involve packing (suit)cases
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Yes! TGIF with a master class! 🙂
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Where Simon was talking about EC being outdated, I was thinking “it’s an older code sir, but it checks out”
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Lava Lamp, Wicketkeeper and packing cases all had me screaming at the screen! However I certainly needed help with the others!! My thnx.
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Brilliant Friday entertainment as usual
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As an American who doesn't watch cricket, 4-down was lost to me. Good on you for another lovely solve!
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Me looking ahead… ahahahha i solved SUPPER. Simon does the clue: finally an easy one… Ugh. Lol
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Thank you, Simon. Always a joy!
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Love the Crosswords always.
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Thank you for another lovely solve. The Friday cryptic crossword videos are a highlight of my week!
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Simon not getting a cricket clue because he's thinking about bums. He is human after all.
