January 17, 2013 at 12:07 pm

Independent 8193/Rorschach

January 18, 2013 at 10:22 pmJanuary 17, 2013 at 12:07 pm by John

A crossword today from Rorschach that I at any rate found particularly hard, not helped by its thrice vanishing into the ether so that I had to restart. Some of the clues are … Read more >>

Guardian 25,847 – Gordius

January 17, 2013 at 4:09 pmJanuary 17, 2013 at 11:55 am by manehi

Found this trickier than usual from Gordius, but very enjoyable. Favourite clues 12ac, 26ac and 1dn. Across 1 MONGREL =”unrefined types” hidden in “aMONG RELatively” 5 KAISER =”emperor” KA (Ford model) + IS … Read more >>

Financial Times no.14,214 by Loroso

January 17, 2013 at 10:04 am by Ringo

Goodness, I had a struggle with this. Loroso’s extensive vocabulary (or, perhaps, my limited vocabulary), a few misleading indicators (sandwiches, pockets) and a general brain-failure on my part combined to make this one … Read more >>

Financial Times 14,204 – Crux

January 17, 2013 at 9:33 pmJanuary 17, 2013 at 12:15 am by Sil

Monday Prize Crossword/Jan 7 A Crux puzzle which – rather unusual for this setter – had quite a few cross references. An overall enjoyable solve, but not one of Crux’s very best. Ah … Read more >>

Financial Times 14,203 by Bradman

January 18, 2013 at 12:29 amJanuary 17, 2013 at 12:01 am by Pete Maclean

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of January 5, 2012 I have come to like Bradman’s puzzles a lot but, when first faced with one, I still sometimes get a little nervous because … Read more >>