Two cryptic clues · Thursday 1 October 2026

Financial Times 18494 · GOLIATH · 5 across · anagram

Colin is buildinga semiconductor (7)

SILICON

*(Colin is) [anag: building]

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Guardian 30126 · Harpo · 5 across · container

Standing of data science around university (6)

STATUS

An envelope (‘around’) of U (‘university’) in STATS (statistics, ‘data science’).

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Independent 12475 · Umpire · 1 across · container

Second line not going straight through medical service gives you butterflies (8)

MONARCHS

MO (second) + ARC (line not going straight) inside (‘through’) NHS (medical services)

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Financial Times 18494 · GOLIATH · 1 across · unknown

Cocktail skirt full of style (7)

MARTINI

MINI (“skirt”) full of ART (“style”)

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