How committed are puzzles to providing extra tricks on April Fools’ Day?
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.
Last year, late in April, we looked at 2023’s April Fools’ puzzles and noted something cheering. After years of apparent April Fools’ fatigue, setters had found still new ways of adding extra misdirection and short-lived confusion.
3d Nothing will stop sweet academic, that’s certain (9)
[ wordplay: O (‘nothing’) inside (‘will stop’) synonyms for ‘sweet’ and ‘academic’ ]
[ O in FOOL PROF ]
[ definition: certain ]
1a Nonsense to me lines describing fruit dish (10)
[ wordplay: TOME (‘to me’) + abbreviation for railway (‘lines’) outside (‘describing’) name of a fruit dish ]
[ TOMERY outside FOOL ]
[ definition: nonsense ]
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