Sloggers and Betters (London) 8
The next Sloggers and Betters (London) get-together will take place on Tuesday 24th May. The venue will be the Ship and Shovell under Charing Cross Station and it is expected that the early … Read more >>
Month: April 2011
Independent 7650 / Nimrod – Saturday Prize Puzzle 23 April 2011
Nimrod is one of the most prolific compilers at the moment, under a variety of pseudonyms. He is also Enigmatist in the Guardian, Io in the Financial Times and Elgar in the Daily … Read more >>
Guardian Easter Prize No 25304 / Araucaria
I solved most of this puzzle on the train from London to Lyon, and found it an excellent way of making a long journey shorter. Unfortunately there was no online version available so … Read more >>
Enigmatic Variations No 963 Broken Up by Piccadilly
So no grid numbers this week – just a list of straight clues in alphabetical order of their grid entry, forming an alphabetical jigsaw. After the majority have been entered, the remaining grid … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,680 / Gaff
The line “A celebratory crossword” at the top of the clue list gave me some trepidation. Not being up on the details of the big event happening today, this meant a challenge, and … Read more >>
Guardian 25,309 / Paul
As always, an excellent, entertaining crossword from Paul. The clue of the day is certainly the brilliant and topical “Fancy lad and me tied knot!” Across 1. WICHITA I + CHIT = “note” … Read more >>
Independent 7,655 by Morph
Another Bank Holiday? They’re like buses at the moment. Well what could be happening today? Phi moves over for Morph. A week with neither Phi or DAC, very odd. Edit Phi did saturday’s … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,679 / Neo
Suppose I should have seen the theme coming. I thought Neo did well to stretch the thematic material as far as he did – even if it may be a little too innuendo-laden … Read more >>
Independent 7,654 / Mordred
This is my first attempt at blogging a Mordred crossword and I have to say that it has been a real struggle, first to solve and above all to blog. I fear that … Read more >>
Guardian 25,308 / Tramp
I am pretty sure this is the first appearance of a Tramp cryptic crossword. I remembered seeing his name on a Genius puzzle earlier in the year and, after some research on this … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,671 / Dante
Monday Prize Crossword from 18 April 2011 Not as many cd’s and dd’s as we have been accustomed to seeing in a Dante puzzle. Of these, I liked 11 across the best. Across … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,670 by Cincinnus
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of April 16 This week Cincinnus gives us three homophones (!) and some typically fine double definitions. My favourite clues here are 11A (RILKE), 24A (GREER), 1D … Read more >>
Independent 7,653/Crosophile
My first time blogging a Crosophile puzzle, and a very nice one it was too. There was nothing too tricky here, but plenty of excellent cryptic defs and elegant surfaces. I particularly liked … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,678 Set by Gozo
A good crossword today from Gozo, harder than it looks at first sight. We have a geography lesson from Gozo: countries, states, riviers and cities – large and small. I enjoyed the juxtaposition of … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1173: Not Fare by Lato
This puzzle had a preamble that I had to read a few times before I really understood it, and even then the whole thing didn’t make complete sense until I had completed the … Read more >>