November 1, 2012 at 9:21 am

Financial Times no.14,150 by Sleuth

November 1, 2012 at 9:21 am by Ringo

It’s absolutely perishingly cold in Yorkshire this morning and I have run out of coffee – so thank goodness for Sleuth, who at least got my brain-cells humming (even if I can no … Read more >>

Independent 8128 / Scorpion

November 1, 2012 at 7:30 am by duncanshiell

Scorpion is an occasional contributor to daily Independent puzzles, probably about once a month. When I solved this I noticed what I thought was a high number of entries ending … Read more >>

Guardian 25,782 – Orlando

November 4, 2012 at 2:46 pmNovember 1, 2012 at 12:52 am by Andrew

This somehow didn’t feel like a typical Orlando while I was solving it, especially with the long answer at 5,11,18, which is more the sort of thing one expects from Araucaria or Paul. … Read more >>

Financial Times 14,141 – Crux

November 1, 2012 at 9:10 pmNovember 1, 2012 at 12:15 am by Sil

Monday Prize Crossword/Oct 22 Two weeks ago, Bamberger was very clear: “Bring back Crux!”. Well, here he is [the number of the puzzle being a palindrome!] with, in my opinion, one of his gentler crosswords … Read more >>

Financial Times 14,140 by Cincinnus

November 1, 2012 at 1:50 amNovember 1, 2012 at 12:01 am by Pete Maclean

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of October 20, 2012 Here we have another brilliant puzzle from Cincinnus. My favourite clues are 18A (LAMA), 4D (DENOUNCE), 13D (LEGERDEMAIN) and 17D (AVENGERS). I also … Read more >>