Resignations, sackings, space exploits, protests and the deaths of not one but two comic drag queen turns — April had plenty to occupy the thoughts of the latest crossword setter of the monthly FT News Puzzle.
This was the month that a British minister came unstuck, a well-known Premier League club changed its boss and the UK government was embroiled in strikes . “To some of these items I added potential words that could be included in the grid, using the story as the basis for the clue’s surface reading. For example, I was thinking of including SNIP as a grid entry with a clue referring to the SNP.”
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