Thought experiments and lots of cake recipes in our pick of the best of the broadsheets’ cryptic clues
In the sample clues below, the links take you to explainers from our beginners series. The setter’s name often links to an interview with him or her, in case you feel like getting to know these people better.
17d Discovered Boris intended missing an opening (7)
[ wordplay: BORIS without first & last letters (‘discovered’) + synonym for ‘intended’ minus the letters AN (‘missing an’) ]
[ ORI + FIANCE – AN ]
[ definition: opening ]
27a Quantities of drugs, say, Rishi smuggled into parties (7)
[ wordplay: synonym for ‘rishi’ inside (‘smuggled into’) informal term meaning ‘parties’ ]
[ SAGE in DOS ]
[ definition: quantities of drugs ]
4d Was Keir wrong to steal Tory leader’s sports equipment? (5-3)
[ wordplay: anagram (‘wrong’) of WASKEIR containing (‘to steal’) first letter (‘leader’) of TORY ]
[ WAERSKI containing T ]
[ definition: sports equipment ]
13d Digital file manager, frenzied and fastidious, blowing top (10)
[ wordplay: synonym for ‘frenzied’ + synonym for ‘fastidious’ without first letter (‘blowing top’) ]
[ MANIC + PURIST – P ]
[ definition: digital file manager ]
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