Methuselah is here to provide our morning brain exercise.
Guardian Cryptic crossword No 29,988 by Brockwell
Thanks to Brockwell, this was a fun challenge and my favourites were 7dn, 8dn, and 16dn.
Financial Times 18,353 by NEO
Neo is this morning’s setter.
Enigmatic Variations No.1742 – Prime by Arcadia
“In the 180° symmetrical grid, two unclued entries (each of 13 letters) give the names of an author and a sequel to their PRIME work. Cells illustrating a counterexample of a PRIME quotation from the work, involving a further unclued entry of four letters, must be highlighted (13 letters, three words). Clues are in normal order, the wordplay in PRIME examples leading to an extra letter, spelling out the name of a charitable trust. In the final grid solvers must change two letters and then highlight the trust’s initials, a novel and a publication (three, four and six letters respectively in straight lines), all of which were PRIME creations of the author. Chambers Dictionary (2016) is recommended.”
Independent 12,336 by Eccles
Eccles is in his customary Wednesday slot this week.
Guardian 29,987: Anto
Several helpful anagrams and hiddens to get us started on this one, and the rest went in pretty smoothly. Thanks to Anto.
Financial Times 18,352 by MONK
Many thanks to Monk for a super challenge.
Independent 12,335 / Dalibor
Dalibor, whose work I have seldom solved and blogged, has set today’s puzzle on what is theme day at the Indy.
Guardian Cryptic crossword No 29,986 by Brendan
One to take a little time over?
Financial Times 18,351 by SLORMGORM
More occasionally boisterous fun from Slormgorm
Spectator 2746: Chain letters by Doc
Another pleasant solve from Doc …
Guardian Cryptic crossword No 29,985 by Philistine
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29985.
MyCrossword Featured crossword No 9 by Henri
A fun puzzle with a fun nina!
Financial Times 18,350 by ARTEXLEN
ARTEXLEN kicks off the week…