AZED No. 2,087 Plain COMPETITION PUZZLE
Nick 7/10 for me today, due to the second/third definitions of certain words given in Chambers. I expected some sort of Royal theme with trickery today, so was a bit surprised just to see … Read more >>
Month: June 2012
Everyman No. 3426 (3rd June)
Lorraine: Good morning all, lots of very well rounded clues this week. I didn’t have my crossword head on this week though as I needed Nicks help with one or two of the clues. … Read more >>
Independent 7998 (Sat 02-Jun 2012) Anax
That Anax, he is a “One” isn’t he …. … and he can take that any way he likes (we had to). Thank God for the long weekend – despite which I … Read more >>
Enigmatic Variations No. 1020: Loss by Samuel
There are several devices going on in LOSS – answers altered before entry; extra letters in wordplay; clashing across and down entries; and lines to be drawn in the completed grid. All probably … Read more >>
Guardian Prize Puzzle 25,652 by Araucaria
Another great crossword from Araucaria. In my paper copy of the Saturday Guardian the wrong crossword was printed (yet again) so I got this one from the Guardian website. I’ve said this before, but … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,025 by Gaff
This certainly gave me the run around – all over the place – very clever ACROSS 8 CAULKING stuffing (boat) CAUL hood KING royal 9 JAPAN CEDAR tree D moved … Read more >>
Independent 8003 / Phi
It’s Friday – it’s Phi – so all’s well with the Independent crossword world. Another good sound puzzle with only a couple entries that were unfamiliar to me. I think … Read more >>
Guardian 25,657 – Araucaria
Most of the clueing here was fairly straightforward, without any outrageous liberties, but the theme (and another mini-theme) made it more of a challenge. It was quite a test of my botanical knowledge … Read more >>
Financial Times no.14,024 by FALCON
I’m not allowed to say that this was pretty much a doddle, because I’ll be accused of being a strutting peacock and Lord knows what all else… but (whisper it) it was pretty much … Read more >>
Guardian 25,656 – Gordius
Mostly straightforward, but I did have to look up 5dn and 26ac afterwards. Favourite clue was 11ac. Edits thanks to tupu and NeilW Across 1 CANOPY =”Cover” AN=article inside COPY=transcript 4 PHYSIC =”traditional … Read more >>
Independent 8002/Mordred
A very pleasant crossword from Mordred, with a theatrical connection — several of the answers are of this type, but I’ll leave you to find them. The less than perfect checking can, … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,015 – Dante
Monday Prize Crossword/May 28 A typical Dante crossword, at the start of what turned out to be a great FT week (with, for me, Mudd’s ‘marathon’ puzzle a particular highlight). Definitions are underlined … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,014 by Cincinnus
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of May 26, 2012 I found this a slightly more difficult puzzle than usual for Cincinnus. It has considerably more letter-removal clues than is typical and a … Read more >>
Independent 8001 by Dac
Back to work in the UK today as the Indy moves into the ninth thousand of cryptic puzzles in its series. Who better to set it than the Indy stalwart Dac. Typical Dac … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,023 by Aardvark
I really enjoyed this one, a proper workout for the grey matter. For a while I thought I was going to have to publish the blog with a couple of clues still unsolved, but … Read more >>