Independent 7897/Punk
Bonjour! I was pleased to see that it was Punk this morning, because I really liked his COWBOYS and INDIANS puzzle that I blogged a few months ago. This was a fun crossword, … Read more >>
Month: February 2012
Guardian 25,551 – Rufus
Unusually for Rufus, there’s only one “normal” cryptic definition in this puzzle, though perhaps 18ac and 2dn partly go towards making up the quota, and even the genuine CD has a slightly obscure … Read more >>
Beelzebub 1,143
This was certainly the most challenging Beelzebub I’ve faced in a long while. I managed one entry (27ac) during the first sitting, and a disheartening zero entries during the second. With a bit … Read more >>
Cyclops 461
Oops, I hit ‘Publish’ before rescheduling this for midnight! I hope no one is discombobulated by the earliness. Sorry about the lack of a witty title, but I just can’t think of anything. … Read more >>
AZED No. 2,069 Plain
Nick: A toughy from Azed this week, which I give 8/10 on the Azedian hardness scale. As usual for Azed, some good stuff going on (13ac, 4dn, 28dn), but I do feel it’s slightly … Read more >>
Everyman No. 3408 (29th January)
Lorraine: Good morning one and all. Very enjoyable crossword this week, smooth surfaces and nothing too taxing. No particular favourites this week, and as usual enjoyed solving the clues, and was not stymied in … Read more >>
Independent on Sunday 1145: Poins
A pretty straightforward puzzle, not presenting too much in the way of challenges. Sound, though, and with some nice wordplay (e.g. 12a, 16d). Across 1 AVERSION A particular form of hatred A; VERSION … Read more >>
Guardian Genius 103
Lavatch is a setter whose puzzles (in this series anyway) always seem to involve having to change the word before entry in the grid. This time the down clues all included a name … Read more >>
Independent 7,890 by Phi (Saturday Prize Puzzle 28/01/12)
We like Phi so we were really pleased that our first blog was one of his. When we saw the number of themed clues however, we wondered what we were taking on. It … Read more >>
Guardian 25,544 / Paul
We thought this was fairly tough for one of Paul’s puzzles, but very enjoyable, as usual. Our main problem was putting an incorrect (but fairly plausible) answer in for 28 across. Across 1. … Read more >>
Enigmatic Variations 1002 Simple Subtraction by Charybdis
So 10 unclued entries this week, and all in a “depleted” form. And either one or two letters have been added to some clues (whenever thematically possible) . All very cryptic – ah … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,918 by Redshank
Found this quite a knotty puzzle that really took some unravelling and a couple still not fully explained …. 9d,15d and 19d causing the most grief. ACROSS 1 CURTAINS anagram of … Read more >>
The Guardian No 25,549 by Paul
Unless I’m mistaken, this is my first Paul blog, and I was not disappointed. It took me a while to twig on to the theme, but once there the puzzle opened itself up … Read more >>
Independent 7895 by Phi – The last post (for a while)
Friday rolls along and normality returns from Phi’s very rare ventures into Saturday prize position, well me hearties what do we have here… There seems to be a small naval theme maybe some … Read more >>
Financial Times no.13,917 by ALBERICH
A very enjoyable puzzle, this one, I thought. Plenty of variation, one or two devilish (possibly too devilish) devices, and I even learnt a new word. Thank-you, Alberich. ACROSS 1. TEMPLE MP [Member of Parliament, … Read more >>