It took me days of determined effort to crack puzzle 2047 by Wire (and that was just the rubric) but it was a satisfying challenge to sort out the many layers that made up the puzzle. I reckon the succinctly cryptic title deserves a clue to itself, and here is my offering:
Foreign article to be removed from fruit on head of carol singer (5,5)
It took me days of determined effort to crack puzzle 2047 by Wire (and that was just the rubric) but it was a satisfying challenge to sort out the many layers that made up the puzzle. I reckon the succinctly cryptic title deserves a clue to itself, and here is my offering:
Foreign article to be removed from fruit on head of carol singer (5,5)
Deja vu working on 2044 Araucaria – has the puzzle appeared before or did another setter.use the theme?
I don’t remember doing it before, and I haven’t had any other comments, so I’m guessing ‘another setter’!