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February puzzle:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TczYlSttle26wDmvc3AvIHhL9VP7fTS8/view?usp=sharing

January solution:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vVKaMukzYe3sfrxMAv5r-Yv9ayMv7jIm/view?usp=sharing

For best results, please download, open, then print.

Scans courtesy of Sunray.

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2020: https://tinyurl.com/u584qqb

2019: http://tinyurl.com/y9z7ukwd

2018: http://tinyurl.com/ybkexusg

2017: http://tinyurl.com/je5vkm8

2016: http://tinyurl.com/h2zduy4

2015: http://tinyurl.com/oynnjsx

2014: http://tinyurl.com/o6g6w4u

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Thanks Syzygy!
This cheers me in lockdown.
Have done this every month for nearly three years. Much appreciated.

Thanks, syzzie. Great fun, although I believe there's a mistake in 14d, an extra S in the fodder where another C is needed. Am I wrong?

It looks like another alternate spelling.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Fransiscans&fulltext=1&ns0=1

... or Wiki has spelling mistakes.

I thought the same thing, aristo. I couldn’t find an alternate spelling anywhere and he typically alerts to them in the preamble.

His name is Francis. I think this is just a mistake. No one would ever spell it Fransis. Could there possibly be a mistake in Wikipedia too? :)

Never! All of us college professors consider Wikipedia a reliable source. 😜

Thanks syzygy and sunray, regardless of 14d I thought it was a bit lack-lustre but they can't all be beezers.

Agreed, ginge. Too many easy anagrams in the main clues. I did like most of the cluing in the "Extra Clues" though, and I liked the pun in 20d.

Must be easier than usual as I have finished now, without help except from anagram solvers. I enjoyed it very much thanks.