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Preamble: Mistakes made in the construction of the grid have resulted in some answers being too long for their allotted space and an equal number being too short. Fortunately, by transferring parts of … Read more >>
Radian has served up one of his characteristic themed puzzles for this week’s Tuesday slot. I found this a medium-difficulty Radian crossword, with fairly accessible gateway clues, but with enough intricate cross references … Read more >>
Yes, it’s me again. That’s two days in a row you’ve had to put up with me! During a first quick pass through the clues this puzzle seemed to be rather tricky, with … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26133. At first glance, the puzzle seemed decidedly weird, with improbable names scattered through the clues.Eventually the penny dropped – they are all characters in Roald Dahl’s … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of December 7, 2013 I found this puzzle a bit difficult, especially the centre section. This particular grid, with each corner intersecting with only one letter each … Read more >>
Monday Prize Crossword/Dec 9 An enjoyable and typical Monday offering by one of the regulars. This wouldn’t be a proper Crux blog if I hadn’t something to say about one or two (or … Read more >>
A typical Rufus medley of some nice anagrams, together with the usual sprinkling of double definitions, some of which I thought were rather close in meaning, and cryptic definitions – some more so … Read more >>
*=anagram [] = removed e.g. char[m]=char ()=abbreviation e.g. A(mpere)=a Hom. = homophone I breezed through most of this but then got stuck on a couple of clues, which took me a long while … Read more >>
You don’t usually see me in these parts but scchua is away travelling so I am standing in for him. I found this to be a straightforward solve, with a variety of devices, which … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3505.
As Don Manley pointed out in a comment on Nick’s blog last week, Azed’s sound clueing often means that you can often work out what the answer must be from the wordplay, even … Read more >>
Poins must be getting fed up with landing me as the blogger for his Sunday puzzles. We seem to have been bumping into each other a lot recently. But I don’t mind at … Read more >>
I found this generally pretty straightforward for a Prize puzzle, the only problems arising through my own stupid obstinacy. There are quite a lot of anagrams and easy charades, the easiest of all … Read more >>
A second consecutive Tyrus blog for me Certainly up to his usual high standard. The 14/16 double being the most elegant clue of a fine bunch. Three homonyms in the puzzle 9ac, 12ac … Read more >>
It’s in rather sombre circumstances that I return to blogging the even-numbered Beelzebubs, our other blogger Jed having sadly passed away recently. From what I hear, though, Jed was far from the sort … Read more >>