Month: March 2011

Guardian 25,261 / Paul

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A fun crossword from Paul with a nice theme – not too difficult for a Friday. There are some excellent clues here – enough that I won’t try to list all my favourites … Read more >>

Independent 7,606 / Klingsor

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I hadn’t had the opportunity of blogging a Klingsor puzzle until today, and I think that I’ve only ever solved a handful of crosswords signed Klingsor, although perhaps this setter masquerades behind other … Read more >>

Guardian 25,260 / Boatman

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Boatman is another setter who doesn’t appear often enough for me [it’s almost three months since his last appearance]. We would normally expect a challenge and this puzzle is no exception. Boatman often … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,632 / Phssthpok

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This one of those puzzles that appeared quite daunting at first pass, but ended up being  plainer sailing than initially feared.  Mr/Mrs/Ms Phssthpok can usually be relied upon to inject more than their … Read more >>

Independent 7,605/Dac

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Wednesday = Dac = it’s all good. Some tricksy Down clues in this one I thought, but everything perfectly justifiable and well put together as ever. Across 1 SLIP-UP – PUPILS rev. 5 … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,631 by Gozo

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Gozo again proves himself to be a master of the grid, all the across solutions are Shakespeare characters, and they combine to make some great anagrams. Unfortunately, inventive as the format is, the crossword … Read more >>

Guardian 25,259 – Chifonie

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Typical Chifonie fare here: pleasant enough, and soundly clued, but not much of a challenge, with lots of very obvious clues that wouldn’t be out of place in the Quiptic, and a preponderance … Read more >>

Independent 7604/Raich

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A very pleasant crossword from Raich today. It took a while to get started because of all those clues that refer to some other clue, and none of the Across clues fell at … Read more >>