Fascinating crossword in The Times today... Here's our masterclass video...

Beware the clue that has two legitimate answers!

youtu.be/zwCbyJZAvr4

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Today's topical cryptic clue for Alexis Conran show on Times Radio :
Election on fourth of July? Silly nana is an extreme optimist (9)

A fantastic (and difficult) crossword from The Times and The Sunday Times today. If you enjoy cryptics then check out our Friday masterclass:

youtu.be/Fm87MWzJsuQ

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“I've seen things you people wouldn't believe... Gullis eating soup with a fork. I watched Braverman try to deport a sofa. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain... Time to die.”

Tomorrow’s City A.M.

The Tory right wing will definitely turn on Sunak now he's joined the Wets.

'is it still raining? I hadn't noticed'

Things can only get wetter.

Sunak getting rained on and drowned out by music. This election announcement could have been managed better.

The view of most MPs and ministers I have spoken to today

‘Raphael Samuel had not only a typically leftist scepticism of intolerant nationalism, but also a more unusual openness to the positive attractions of imaginative identification with the nation.’

Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite on a historian’s essays: lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/…

A great Times crossword today which we attempt in our regular Friday video.

youtu.be/vudt7LlUX00

Also, a shoutout to this wonderful clue from yesterday's puzzle:

Weakened through heat? (9)

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The Times crossword is today the HARDEST puzzle for a year! A daunting puzzle to live solve but that's what we do...

youtu.be/xBUbQtUcriQ

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'A raft of new measures to stop people-smugglers'?
Aargh! Never mind small boats, we need new measures to stop all these new measures being brought in on rafts.

FPA Statement regarding Al Jazeera closure

Another Friday, another masterclass! Here's today's video where we tackle The Times cryptic crossword (and race on the Quick Cryptic too):

youtu.be/v_lqn9G1J-4

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Conservative MP Tom Hunt fails to get valid ID for election day and is left unable to cast his own vote by the same voter ID laws he had voted for three years ago, then asks one of his local party members to vote for him (2024)

This week's topical clue for Times Radio was:
Roam wild around centre of London, uncontrolled (6)

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Sowmya J.M. Summers Brew York

It's Friday so here's our video where we attempt to live-solve today's cryptic crosswords from The Times and The Sunday Times and explain how to do it!

But why did Simon get out his guitar halfway through??

youtu.be/3c4U_NBwnZU

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