beelzebub 1100
? This puzzle is cleverly and wittily misleading in places such as 25down ( )* = anagram [ ] = omitted < = reversed Across 2 Crises? Energy and information used … Read more >>
Month: March 2011
Azed 2025/Carte Blanche
I tend to enjoy empty grids in the Carte Blanche style — it makes me think I’m doing something more than just “mindlessly” solving clues. In this case, I got lucky guessing that 1A and … Read more >>
Independent on Sunday 1101 by Quixote
Another entertaining Sunday puzzle from The Don ACROSS 1 DEPARTMENT Cha of DEPART (leave) MEN (fellows) T (time) 9 STET Ins of T (last letter of text) in SET (put) In proof-reading, a … Read more >>
Everyman crossword No 3,364
A typically entertaining puzzle from Everyman. Unusually for this setter, though, there’s one clue I can’t quite parse (see below). It’s probably my fault, so any suggestions welcome. Across 1 AVERSE A + … Read more >>
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Enigmatic Variations 958: Seven by Dysart
I thought that this was a tough puzzle from Dysart. The preamble seemed to have so much going on that I needed a bit of a lie down after reading it. That, together … Read more >>
Guardian Prize Puzzle 25,274 / Araucaria
Something of a treat for me, to blog an Araucaria prize puzzle. It’s one of those with a long answer, this time only a partial anagram, together with some rather nifty wordplay. I … Read more >>
Independent 7620 by Nimrod – Saturday Prize Puzzle 19 March 2011
I was able to fill the grid on the Saturday the puzzle appeared but this was a puzzle that I kept returning to during the week, mainly to try and understand the wordplay … Read more >>
Independent 7,625 – Phi
Despite the fact that I seem to have blogged a lot of Phi puzzles recently, he can still really put me through my paces, and that he did this very morning. It took … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,651 / Falcon
A crossword with the upper half considerably easier than the lower, with 14, 21d and 22d taking time/research to fill in. Three easy hidden words gave a good start and many fine clues … Read more >>
Guardian 25,279 / Araucaria
There’s quite a bit of cross-referencing in this puzzle and there were two or three instances where it took me a while to see the parsing, so several real penny-dropping moments today. There’s … Read more >>
Independent 7,624/Tees
Two tricky ones on the trot for me. I thought this was every bit as tough as last Friday’s Red Nose Day offering, and I’d be lying if I said I didn’t need … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,650 / Aardvark
As good an Aardvark as I can recall. Plenty of imaginative and diligent clueing ideas, including a salutary reminder to us all (at 6D) that a clue doesn’t have to be fiendishly technical … Read more >>
Guardian 25,278 – Chifonie
I seem to get be getting all the Chifonies lately, and this is another fairly typical specimen, with a large proportion of charade clues, though I found it if anything slightly harder than … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,641 / Crux
Prize Puzzle from the Monday March 14 FT This was a treat. If you missed this last week, go back and give it a go (without peeking below, of course). There’s plenty of … Read more >>