Beelzebub 1214
Posted by Jed on June 14th, 2013
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Independent 8,320 / Phi
Posted by RatkojaRiku on June 14th, 2013
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Financial Times no.14,338 by Jason
Posted by Ringo on June 13th, 2013
Cryptic crosswords don’t come much more straightforward than this morning’s offering from Jason (a hiccup at 27ac. excepted). Smart, tidy, by-the-book and breezily enjoyable – thank-you, Jason.
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Independent 8319 / eXternal
Posted by duncanshiell on June 13th, 2013
I don’t think I have blogged an eXternal puzzle before although I know he/she has produced puzzles for Independent on Sunday and the Inquisitor series in the Saturday Independent.
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Guardian 25,973 – Qaos
Posted by Andrew on June 13th, 2013
Once again I am typing this on a small laptop in a hotel room on a slow connection, so please excuse some rather abbreviated explanations and probably some typos. I think “slow but steady” best describes my experience with this puzzle – I had a small smattering of answers after my first pass through the clues, but it gradually yielded, though with a few unfamiliar words and some tricky parsings. Thanks, Qaos.
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Financial Times 14,329 – Crux
Posted by Sil van den Hoek on June 13th, 2013
Monday Prize Crossword/June 3
A pleasant puzzle by Crux which contained a bit more cryptic-flavoured definitions than usual. But as my best friends know, it is perhaps my favourite device …….. 
[is it?]. That said, I fear here there (but not everywhere) I can do with a little help from my friends.
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Financial Times 14,328 by Mudd
Posted by Pete Maclean on June 13th, 2013
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Financial Times 14,337 by Gozo
Posted by PeeDee on June 12th, 2013
Super themed puzzle from Gozo but consumed in a bit of a rush today as I was very late getting started, a shame that I did not have time to savour this puzzle more. Thank you Gozo.
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Independent 8318/Dac
Posted by John on June 12th, 2013
As always a smooth operation from Dac. He has the ability to find the most straightforward parsing of a word, as witness the number of answers that are blogged here without comment. Which is not to say that he is always easy: it’s hard to compare solving online (as I did here) with solving the paper version, but it seemed that this was a bit tricky to get started on and then everything flowed very easily. Dac’s clues are never too devious. Read the rest of this entry »
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Guardian Cryptic N° 25,972 by Chifonie
Posted by PeterO on June 12th, 2013
The puzzle may be found at http://www.guardian.co.uk/crosswords/cryptic/25972.
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Inquisitor 1284: A to Z by Schadenfreude
Posted by HolyGhost on June 12th, 2013
Anyone who thought that Schadenfreude might be getting tired – think again!
I find it impossible to paraphrase the preamble, so here it is in full:
“One letter must be changed in the definition part of eight clues. The new letter must be removed from the answer before it is entered in the grid in titular fashion. Each of these grid entries is a jumbled example of a 10dn 1ac. The initial letters of the unjumbled examples can be arranged to form another example (X), for which (disregarding 19) the title cryptically provides temporal confirmation. An instruction relating to X which will enable grid completion is spelt out by single letters to be removed from the other 34 clues, never leaving a non-word.”
Quite a lot going on here!
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Financial Times 14336 Gurney
Posted by scchua on June 11th, 2013
This was a really enjoyable puzzle for me – not too easy as to be over quickly, and not too difficult as to require long pauses. On the other hand, progress was smooth and even right through. Thanks, Gurney. Definitions are underlined in the clues. [[The pictures at the bottom have unidentified links to the puzzle. Please enclose any comments on them in double brackets. Thank you.]]
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Independent 8317 / Jambazi
Posted by Bertandjoyce on June 11th, 2013
Firstly – many thanks to Uncle Yap and mc_rapper for standing in for us while we were without internet access.
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Guardian 25971 by Paul
Posted by Uncle Yap on June 11th, 2013
I struggled through this puzzle based on a favourite topic of conversation by the Brits but prevailed in the end due to Paul’s very fair clueing.
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Guardian Cryptic 25970 Brendan
Posted by scchua on June 10th, 2013
Not exactly a gentle start to the week that we have come to expect. A delightful puzzle, with a couple of answers I found tricky to parse. Thanks to Brendan for the entertainment. There’s a mini-theme around…
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