Thu February 6, 2014 at 9:28 am

Guardian Cryptic 26176 Brendan

Thu February 6, 2014 at 11:19 amThu February 6, 2014 at 9:28 am by scchua

(Please click here for this same blog but with a picture quiz added. Please do NOT post hereinbelow any comment relating to the picture quiz. Thank you.) As usual, Brendan has built a mini-theme … Read more >>

Guardian Cryptic 26176 with Picture Quiz

Thu February 6, 2014 at 11:21 amThu February 6, 2014 at 9:24 am by scchua

(Please post comments on ONLY the picture quiz hereinbelow. To post comments on the crossword puzzle, please click here.) As usual, Brendan has built a mini-theme into his crossword, highlighted in 13,18 across. Enjoyable … Read more >>

Financial Times 14,539 / Artexlen

Thu February 6, 2014 at 9:24 am by Gaufrid

I found this slightly tricky in places because of some parsing that seemed initially to be a little tenuous. However, all became clear in the end though I’m still not sure that I … Read more >>

Independent 8522 – Nestor

Thu February 6, 2014 at 12:55 pmThu February 6, 2014 at 8:08 am by Bertandjoyce

Well, this one took a bit of head-scratching in places, but we suppose we should expect that of a Thursday Indy puzzle. However, there were several unusual or unfamiliar words, and we needed … Read more >>

Financial Times 14,530 – Mudd

Thu February 6, 2014 at 12:05 am by Sil

Monday Prize Crossword/Jan 27 Mudd on a Monday, a welcome change. As one might expect from this setter another good crossword – even if there were, once more, quite a lot of double … Read more >>

Financial Times 14,529 by Falcon

Tue February 11, 2014 at 5:16 amThu February 6, 2014 at 12:01 am by Pete Maclean

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of January 25, 2014 I found this puzzle easy. My favourite clues are 11a (BUGBEAR) and 18d (ANDORRA). I also note the cleverness of starting two consecutive … Read more >>