Financial Times 13,971 / Gaff
It’s now two days in a row, but this time I didn’t know in advance that I was going to be standing-in, hence the delay in publishing this analysis. We were told in … Read more >>
Month: April 2012
Independent 7948 / Nimrod
Nimrod never fails to impress us. His latest Inquisitor took us a while to finish but provided much enjoyable head-scratching until the puzzle eventually fell into place. We wondered what we would have … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 25602 Chifonie
Today continues the lull, more or less, we’ve had so far this week – perhaps leading to a perfect storm tomorrow? Thanks to Chifonie for an enjoyable puzzle with trim and compact cluing. (By … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,962 – Crux
Monday Prize Crossword/Mar 26 Always satisfying to blog a puzzle by Crux. On the easier side of the FT spectrum, but with enough little twists and turns to make this an enjoyable ride. … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,961 by Cincinnus
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of March 24, 2012 Here is another impressively brilliant puzzle from Cincinnus. Among a good number of exceptional clues I would pick out the fine &lit. of … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,970 / Aardvark
PeeDee is busy today which has given me the opportunity to return, briefly, to what used to be my regular Wednesday FT slot. This took me longer than usual for an FT puzzle, … Read more >>
Guardian 25,601 / Brummie
Many thanks to Andrew for standing in for me last week. A reasonably straightforward puzzle from Brummie, which I found quite enjoyable but the very clear definitions and / or enumeration in the … Read more >>
Independent 7,947 / Dac
It’s Wednesday today, so it’s that time of the week that more often than not sees a Dac puzzle in the Indy. I made steady progress through this puzzle until I reached the … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1222: JOINER by Hypnos
Reasonable start this week, but a tricky finish. We were asked to identify a “joiner” from “components” deduced from the unclued entries, and from misprinted letters in 15 clues. There were also blank … Read more >>
Financial Times 13969 Armonie
A straightforward start to the FT week again (and no glitches too), so thanks to Armonie for an enjoyable crossword. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Each picture at the bottom has an … Read more >>
Independent 7946 / Eimi
This was a different puzzle from many Independent daily crosswords. For a start there were 36 clues, significantly more than is usual in a daily blocked crossword. I thought also … Read more >>
Guardian 25,600 – Arachne
The Spider Woman spun a very tricky web of intrigue and mystery today in a challenging puzzle with quite a fair number of unfamiliar words; but, as usual, very fair and entertaining. Thank … Read more >>
Independent 7945 by Quixote
I find Quixote pretty much the easiest of the Indy setters and I found this puzzle very easy indeed even by his standards, solving in what for me was a very fast time … Read more >>
Guardian Quiptic 646 / Arachne
I must remember to do the lottery on Saturday, as this must be my lucky week – my second Arachne Quiptic in succession! Perhaps a little harder than some Quiptics, but the smile … Read more >>
Guardian 25,599 – Rufus
Maybe I just wasn’t on the right wavelength today, but I found this a lot harder than usual for Rufus. Most of the clues I had trouble with are double or cryptic definitions, … Read more >>