Independent on Sunday 1234/Poins
I enjoyed this Poins puzzle. Some quite intricate cluing, but all fair. And a bit of bestiality thrown in for good measure. Possibly the reason that the cluing is intricate is the large … Read more >>
Month: October 2013
Independent 8,423 by Anax (Saturday Prize Puzzle, 12/10/13)
It seems like quite a while since I did battle with Anax, but it’s always a welcome challenge. Admittedly, drawing an Anax can often be a little daunting for a solver, but this … Read more >>
Guardian Prize 26,077 / Boatman
At first, this looked impenetrable and therefore pretty daunting, especially as it was my blog. The first run through produced only 2dn, so none of the crucial ‘next’ clues, but it did give … Read more >>
Enigmatic Variations 1090 With the Beatles by Salamanca
Some transformation of answers in this week’s offering from Salamanca and a connection with John, Paul, George and Ringo perhaps. So what cunning device has Salamanca employed to transform the answers. It took … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,447 by Alberich
Some brilliant misdirections Across 1 COMPLIES agrees 6 CUTTER sail and boat 9 STALLS creates delays ST (road) ALL (completely) S[mash] 10 OXBRIDGE privileged education UXBRIDGE (Hillingdon) O for … Read more >>
Independent 8,428 by Phi
Sorry this is on the late side. I always do the puzzle in the morning by downloading it from the site, but today for some reason my computer decided that its version of Java … Read more >>
Guardian 26,082 – Crucible
Yes, it’s me again – thanks to a scheduling muddle (entirely my own fault) I blogged yesterday’s puzzle of out of turn – apologies to sschua for treading on his toes with hobnailed … Read more >>
Beelzebub 1232
Excellent cerebral workout Across 1 Sheridan hero set to embrace extreme characters? TEAZLE (Sir Peter) AZ (extreme characters) in TELE (set) 5 Department probing PSVs about legal requirement? TAX … Read more >>
Financial Times no.14,446 by Gurney
A mournful morning here at Ringo Towers, despite the sunshine, so all I’ll say is that this was a very nice puzzle: not too tough, and no quibbles from me. Thanks, Gurney. ACROSS … Read more >>
Guardian 26,081 – Brummie
As is often the case with Brummie, this turned out easier than it appeared at first sight. A nice variety of clues, though, with only 1d being a bit of a disappointment … Read more >>
Independent 8427 / Punk
Thanks Punk, this was fun! There were fewer clues to solve than usual but there were some long answers that took a bit of head scratching to sort out. (Thanks and apologies to the … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,437 – Dante
Monday Prize Crossword/Oct 7 Rather typical Dante puzzle (to be found at the FT website) but I need help on two clues: 8ac and 6d. Definitions are underlined wherever possible and/or appropriate. Across … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,436 by Dogberry
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of October 5, 2013 This is probably only the second or third Dogberry I have done. I got through it fairly easily except for 4A (although in … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,445 / Aardvark
PeeDee is away on holiday so I get another opportunity to return to what used to be my customary Wednesday FT slot. I found parts of this one rather tricky, not helped by … Read more >>
Independent 8,426 / Dac
Dac is at home today in his regular Wednesday slot. A set of smooth, sound and concise clues, up to Dac’s usual high standard, which offered me a decent work-out to start the … Read more >>