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April puzzle:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-WQdeO9wXEHdnduNU5YUVJqY0U/view?usp=sharing


March solution:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-WQdeO9wXEHV0dlS0FCcGMzLTA/view?usp=sharing

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That was fun. Thanks, syzzie. I loved 24D: Mahler's First fools a lot of people.

Have still barely started. Isn't Mahler's first M???

Thanks, Syzygy, really enjoyed this one. Favourites were 17&44a, 3, 16, 18,27d.
1a was my second last in, though guessed the theme from 7d earlier.
Not sure about 6d. I have L?NO.
I notice a couple of spelling differences with US/English English in 10&35d.

Jay Leno was a late-night talk-show host.
I did think that a few of the spellings might throw non-US solvers off a bit.

The Llama
Ogden Nash

The one-l lama,
He's a priest.
The two-l llama,
He's a beast.
And I will bet
A silk pajama
There isn't any
Three-l lllama.

Thanks, Aristo - nice clue. I was focussing on O.N.'s initials.

Those lamas get around - in today's FT
Film Buddhist monk outside home (6)

The verse is now in my commonplace book, thanks aristo.

Glad you enjoyed it.

What I always find interesting is which clues people liked.
My faves: A - 13, 19, 20, 29. D - 6 **, 27, 42.
** Thanks, Aristo. An all-time classic poem.
I just flipped when I read that clue, figuratively & literally. (-;

Good one, Mattrom. The (l)lamas appear frequently, in various forms.
A lot of American stuff, unfortunately for UK solvers, but I frequently struggle with British, Scottish, Irish, Welsh references in the their puzzles. Have learned a number of cricket terms though.

Cheers.