"When November's Genius puzzle germinated in July, no one knew how popular its hidden theme would be by the time of publication. A celebrity version of The Traitors? sniffed the sceptics. We and they will already know the personalities. Typical terrible TV idea. Won't work. Eleven million live viewers later, we can now have a look at the filled version of Glyph's remarkable grid. Or rather, grids."
"The audacity award is Montano's for the knowingly unwieldy Sibelius and Shostakovich premieres gatecrashed by experimental musician playing drone-like patterns of notes? One runner-up is Crowsfeet324 for Musical ups and downs for soprano after second cold beer; the other is a rare joint honour. In a paragon of collegiate working and a demonstration that comments sections need not be toxic, we have, from Mr_Rob_T and Newlaplandes: Amusing at heart, Cleese regularly seen penning a line for her."
A November Genius crossword required entrants to pick a side by removing one letter from the majority of down clues before solving. The removed letters, taken in clue order, spelled CLAUDIA WINKLEMAN. Four ambiguous clues yielded equally valid answers, producing a central entry that could be read as either THE FAITHFUL or THE TRAITORS. The puzzle mirrored the mind games of a celebrity edition of The Traitors and reached eleven million live viewers. The series continues with December's Genius, and the cluing conference awarded prizes including Montano's audacity award and a winning clue from KenJam.
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