January 5, 2014 at 5:42 pm

Guardian 26,142 / Crucible

January 5, 2014 at 6:53 pmJanuary 5, 2014 at 5:42 pm by mhl

(Apologies for the late appearance of this post – all my fault.) This was an excellent seasonal puzzle from Crucible, with a nice level of difficulty for a prize puzzle. The special instructions … Read more >>

Independent on Sunday 1244 / Crosophile

January 5, 2014 at 2:27 pm by Gaufrid

My apologies for this post being a week late. The scheduled blogger didn’t turn up and I failed to notice this because the recent festivities have meant that some closing dates for entries … Read more >>

Guardian 26,142 / Crucible

January 5, 2014 at 10:52 amJanuary 5, 2014 at 10:02 am by Admin

My apologies. A blog for this puzzle should have appeared yesterday but something seems to have prevented the scheduled blogger from posting. I had initially assumed that the closing date for entries had been extended … Read more >>

Beelzebub 1,243

January 5, 2014 at 5:29 pmJanuary 5, 2014 at 9:30 am by Simon Harding

A slightly strange week for me. On the one hand I seemed to struggle greatly, having to resort to aids with only a few answers written in, yet on the other there doesn’t … Read more >>

Everyman No. 3508 (29th December)

January 5, 2014 at 6:39 pmJanuary 5, 2014 at 4:25 am by The Trafites

Nick: Me again folks, Lorraine has been laid up with flu for 5 days. Fairly tough for an Everyman, I thought, but some great anagram work going on. I have a slight query with … Read more >>

Guardian Genius 126 / Crucible

January 5, 2014 at 1:00 am by Gaufrid

Given the “Special instructions: 16 is displayed in all other solutions. All clues lack definitions.” my first step was to look at 16ac but I could not parse the clue other than to … Read more >>

Azed 2169

January 5, 2014 at 8:23 amJanuary 5, 2014 at 12:05 am by duncanshiell

This was the final Azed puzzle of 2013 and was a standard plain puzzle comprising elegant cluing for a range of well known and obscure words, all of which can be found in … Read more >>

Independent on Sunday 1245 Kairos

January 6, 2014 at 9:22 amJanuary 5, 2014 at 12:01 am by scchua

There were a couple of clues that, having got the answers, required a bit more time to parse. Enjoyed the challenge, thanks to Kairos. Definitions are underlined in the clues. [[The pictures at … Read more >>

Azed 2168/CCCP

January 5, 2014 at 12:01 am by ilancaron

A Christmas Crossword Celebration Party! I think this one is a bit harder than the 1913 instance. Though I have to say that having struggled with Pointer’s Listener, this felt like R&R. Missing … Read more >>