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Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of October 26, 2013 A fairly easy puzzle this time, I thought. My top clues are 9A (SHOWROOM), 10A (ANKARA) and, best of all, 29A (ANCESTRY). 22D … Read more >>
Another Wednesday treat for me to blog – witty, informative and good fun. Thank you Cinephile. S has the meaning SWEET throughout the puzzle. It took me a while to catch on (via … Read more >>
Rather a strange mixture from Qaos today – some very obvious clues (e.g. 1a), but also some more complex constructions (e.g. 18a). There are a couple of places where I think the cryptic … Read more >>
It’s one of the first three weeks of the month so Dac presents the Wednesday puzzle. It gets harder every week to avoid becoming repetitive about Dac’s compiling skills, so … Read more >>
The preamble for this puzzle by Nimrod (John Henderson, editor of the Inquisitor series and prolific crossword compiler for all of the cream of the national dailies and many other publications) stated "To … Read more >>
There are several clues here that proved rather difficult. Rorschach has produced a crossword that is certainly good in parts, I remain to be convinced about some of it, but that is likely … Read more >>
Is it me or are Tuesday FTs no longer a relaxing start to the week? But this was enjoyable, and there are some nice surfaces in the clues here, and some anagrams that provided … Read more >>
November the fifth and Brummie is playing games with us…. Quite a lot of the answers are card games, found this a little tricky in places. I’m off now to set up and … Read more >>
*=anagram [] = removed e.g. char[m]=char ()=abbreviation e.g. A(mpere)=a Hom. = homophone I found the top half of this somewhat harder than the bottom, with 5 particularly holding me up (mainly because I … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26096.
A typical delight from Orlando – the clues are very straightforward as befits a Quiptic, yet carefully crafted to give smooth and witty surface readings. Across 1 In France you rent — landlord … Read more >>
Another Sunday, another Kairos puzzle for me. This one was considerably harder than the last, with a number of words that were new to me and some tricky wordplay for some of the … Read more >>
I found this mostly pretty easy, finishing it (so I thought) without aids in about half an hour, greatly helped by getting the long answers at 1a and 1d early on. Writing up … Read more >>
Another well-constructed, accessible puzzle from Everyman. A couple of clue types that this setter doesn’t often use in today’s offering. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition (xxxx)* anagram … Read more >>
The preamble, or ‘Special Instructions’, as the Genius calls them, tell us to resolve one clash in each across solution, working out which of the clashing pair ‘best fits’ the grid. These corrected … Read more >>