Guardian 26,011 / Paul (27/7/13)
A fairly typical Paul, though without some of his customary smut or risqué clues. Solving didn’t take long and I didn’t have to return to any clues to sort out the parsing since … Read more >>
Month: August 2013
Financial Times 14,381 by Bradman
Smashing puzzle from The Don – 28 across brill Across 1 ANARCHIC lacking proper rule A R (king) in AN CHIC (elegant) 6 STROBE is flashy ST (saint) ROBE … Read more >>
Independent 8362 / Phi
A good solid puzzle from Phi today with a number of clues that brought a smile as I solved them or understood more them about as I wrote the blog. … Read more >>
Guardian 26,016 – Arachne
After an unfortunately stormy week in Fifteensquaredland, what a delight to see an Arachne puzzle to restore us to normality. Perhaps not one of her hardest, but no walkover either, and with plenty … Read more >>
Independent 8361/Jambazi
This was tough. Without use of the ‘Reveal letter’ button and yes, I must admit, on one or two occasions the ‘Reveal’ button itself, I doubt whether I’d have finished. Even the straightforward … Read more >>
Financial Times no.14,380 by Gurney
I enjoyed this offering from Gurney. It seemed very fresh; that might be because I don’t blog Gurney’s puzzles very often, or it might simply be because this was a well-thought-out, witty and … Read more >>
Guardian 26,015 – Chifonie
Nothing too tricky here, but all very smoothly done. Favourites were 15ac, 3dn and 14dn. Across 1 CURTSY =”Bob” CURT=”brusque” + S[l]Y=”heartlessly cunning” 4 ALCOPOP =”drink” A + COP=”bobby” inside LOP=”dock”=cut the end … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,371 – Crux
Monday Prize Crossword/Jul 22 Elegantly written crossword by Crux. Smooth surfaces as ever with a lot of name-dropping this time, mostly (but not all) referring to Americans. Definitions are underlined wherever possible and/or appropriate. … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,370 by Cincinnus
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of July 20, 2013 I rate this a very good puzzle and it took me a good while to complete it. My top clues are 1A (FELT-TIP … Read more >>