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Crossword blog: what a macabre Hebrew brouhaha

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If you picture Ken Dodd under an umbrella, that may help with the best of the broadsheets’ recent cryptic clues ...

I trust you read and enjoyed last week’s Q&A with Knut. If you missed his more recent themed Independent puzzle, I urge you to solve it now, including this clue ...

28acLad from Liverpool, at first softly, a churner-out of music (7)
[ Scouse term for ‘lad’, preceded by (‘at first’) musical term for ‘softly’ ]
[ LA, after PIANO ]

2dBritish mostly in error — invisible border causing fuss (8)
[ abbrev. for ‘British’ + synonym for ‘in error’ missing final letter (‘mostly’) + term for a sunken ditch (‘invisible border’) ]
[ BR + OUT missing final letter + HA-HA ]

5dEasy enough to grasp, like umbrella during shower? (14)
[ cryptic definition ]

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