Araucaria tributes
Today we attended what was, according to his own wishes, a quiet, low-key burial service for John Graham. A memorial service, for a wider congregation, will take place on Saturday 4th January in … Read more >>
Day: 5 December 2013
Guardian 26,123 / Gordius
A pretty straightforward puzzle from Gordius, which, yet again, I have to describe as a fairly typical mixed bag of easy clues and some more obscure answers. I have, perhaps, fewer quibbles than … Read more >>
Financial Times no.14,488 by Artexlen
Another new setter for me (in this guise, at least), and a masterly puzzle, full of originality. It took me a little while to get into and kept me on my toes throughout. … Read more >>
Independent 8,469 / Punk
The Thursday slot is occupied by a variety of setters and today by Punk, whose work tends to appear more at the start of the week. I found this is an easier-than-average Punk … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,479 – Falcon
Monday Prize Crossword/Nov 25 Falcon’s puzzles are never to be found at the hard end of the FT spectrum but this one was, in my opinion, much easier than usual. However, no complaints about the … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,478 by Mudd
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of November 23, 2013 I found this puzzle easy with the exception of 5D (REMORTGAGE). It has many good clues from which I pick 10A (TOAST), 12A … Read more >>