For Blaugust this year I decided to publish a series of cryptic crossword posts.
I'm aiming for one a day.
Many of our friends over the years have said that cryptic crosswords don't make sense. They certainly do play with your mind, and that is why I take delight in them. I love the surprising discovery inside a puzzle and the challenge of twisting the usual thought patterns and making them do something different.
So here is today's offering...
Every now and then you might get an unknown clue
Unknown is the indicator word
This is referring to unknown in algebra such as x and y
Unknown firm swallowed up by heavyweight mogul (6) Advertiser 12/2/16
Firm is often company (CO for short) =CO
Swallowed up indicates that this is inside of something else
Heavyweight=ton
Unknown =y
So you get "ton" surrounding the unknown "y" plus "co"
Which gives you tycoon (a mogul)
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