Alan Connor turns the tables on the torturers. Under the spotlight this time is James Brydon, aka Picaroon
Picaroon has been setting for the Guardian since March 2012.
His first puzzle arrived so fully formed that some solvers thought this must be a new pseudonym for an old hand, but no: Picaroon is James Brydon, who also sets as Lavatch in the Spectator, and with the same nom de guerre in some astonishing Listener puzzles.
2d/10ac New ref took latitude, playing advantage for Eden Hazard (4,2,9)
Ill give the answer below. I remember being so engrossed in that Rashomon puzzle that I had to pop into shop doorways to fill in letters whenever inspiration struck. Where else have you been tempted to take the concept of multiple solutions?
20ac If you want thick, get this: right lot of racists admitted to their problem? (9)
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