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[miss skippy]

Is anyone else finding this difficult this morning?
34a A water soluble, astringent substance.(8) c-t-c--
41a One of three flemish painters(alternative spelling) (8)
--e-g-e-
I can then find 32d I hope.
Many thanks.

[slaney]

34a Catechu

[grasscarp]

41 Breuggel

[slaney]

Breughel

[orly]

32d is Jubbahs

did you get 1d Formerly a chapel or endownment for singing the MAsses for the dead (old spelling) (8) _ H _ U _ T_ _

[lydsing]

in answer to your is anybody else finding this difficult
YES!!!!!!

19a lycaena

[chilliman]

I have Breughel gh not gg and yes, this crossword has become more difficult in the last three weeks.

[sincnoel]

yes, this is definitely a much tougher xword today than for a long time. on a par today with yesterday's dtgk. wonder if the same lady does both ...

[John Fox]

Agree with all that say it's become harder in the last few weeks.

[wakeover]

It's harder because Chris Feetenby has taken over as compiler

[daisy_135]

Much easier to look up a word in one of his countless books and give the clue than for the solver to locate the word from the often obscure, ambiguous clue.