Thu December 12, 2013 at 10:17 am

Guardian 26,129 by Boatman

Thu December 12, 2013 at 10:17 am by manehi

Found this very tricky, but lots of fun with a spooky theme. Favourites were 23a, 26a and 16d. Still not sure how to parse 3d. Across 1,15 Long odds of tango and cha-cha … Read more >>

Financial Times no.14,494 by Hamilton

Thu December 12, 2013 at 5:10 pmThu December 12, 2013 at 9:52 am by Ringo

I really enjoyed this offering from Hamilton, even though it wasn’t the tightest or most tidily-clued puzzle I’ve ever seen (it had a sort of slightly sloppy, demob-happy, mid-December feel to it (or … Read more >>

Independent 8475 / Punk

Thu December 12, 2013 at 7:33 pmThu December 12, 2013 at 7:30 am by Bertandjoyce

When we saw that it is Punk today, we knew we were in for an enjoyable challenge – and we weren’t disappointed. We were slightly surprised that several of the clues – particularly the … Read more >>

Financial Times 14,485 – Dante

Thu December 12, 2013 at 12:05 am by Sil

Monday Prize Crossword/Dec 2 Solvers often say that Dante’s crosswords are full of cryptic and double definitions. Well, here is a clear example of that. While I am not a big fan of … Read more >>