Thu October 20, 2011 at 11:29 am

Guardian Cryptic 25458 Araucaria

Thu October 20, 2011 at 4:08 pmThu October 20, 2011 at 11:29 am by scchua

Having done so many Araucarian puzzles (I’ve mentioned before that I cut my crytic crossword teeth on his Monkey Puzzles), this is the first time, I’m blogging one. And it’s typically Araucarian, a … Read more >>

Financial Times no.13,829 by BRADMAN

Thu October 20, 2011 at 11:17 am by Ringo

Is the FT getting harder, or am I getting stupider? That’s a rhetorical question. Took me a while to work through this lovely puzzle from the Don, which touches on ornithology, pharmacology, philosophy … Read more >>

Independent 7804 by Anarche

Thu October 20, 2011 at 4:17 pmThu October 20, 2011 at 8:24 am by flashling

Anarche has stopped running dressed as a bottle for charity for long enough to weave more trickery for the unwary, indeed there’s at least one I just can’t see the wordplay to. I … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,820 – Dante

Thu October 20, 2011 at 4:22 pmThu October 20, 2011 at 12:15 am by Sil

Monday Prize Crossword/Oct 10 A gentle puzzle from Mr Natural. 🙂 Nothing to worry about, just a nice starter of the week. Some familiar words (like CHAIRMAN which was similarly clued in the Guardian … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,819 by Cincinnus

Thu October 20, 2011 at 4:06 amThu October 20, 2011 at 12:01 am by Pete Maclean

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of October 8 Here we have another splendid Cincinnus job. For me it was a remarkably easy one — I dashed it off in about 20 minutes. … Read more >>