A cracking puzzle. Thanks Alberich!
Financial Times 14,642 by Mudd
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of June 7, 2014 This was a slow solve for me. No single clue caused any great difficulty, but most took some time. My last solves were … Read more >>
Month: June 2014
Independent 8635 / Dac
As ever a good puzzle from Dac on a Wednesday The one entry today that I hadn’t come across before was FIGURANTE at 26 across. Chambers tells me that it relates … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic N° 26,289 by Nutmeg
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26289. Nutmeg in her Cryptic hat has produced some tricky puzzles, but this one seemed to me more on a level with her Quiptics (with the exception of … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1337: ‘Racehorse’ by Nimrod
There was a frisson of trepidation when I saw that the setter for this Inquisitor puzzle was Nimrod, editor of the Inquisitor series and man of many pseudonyms in different national dailies. … Read more >>
Independent 8,634 by Morph
Despite the fact that I had to use Google to be sure of the various references to 1/18Ds, with the initial letter in lower case so as to become more general than that building to which tourists and black birds flock, I found this to be more straightforward than some of Morph’s crosswords. Which is not to say that it wasn’t good. It was.
Definitions in italics (although the 1/18D references are also definitions in a way, they are not in italics).
Guardian 26,288 / Qaos
A sunny morning made sunnier on seeing Qaos’ name on the puzzle I was down to blog. Lots of fun to be had here, with several penny-dropping moments and lots of Qaos’ customary … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,650 GURNEY
Thanks to Gaufrid for the opportunity to blog this puzzle. I was apprehensive about what I was going to get for my first post, but GURNEY ensured that there would be no problems. This was a fun outing with a variety of clue types thrown in.
Guardian Quiptic 761 by Orlando
This week’s Quiptic is by Orlando, one of my favourite setters.
Guardian 26,287 by Chifonie
Straightforward Monday fun from Chifonie. Favourites were 24ac and 27ac
Independent 8633/Punk
Always a pleasure to come across a Punk puzzle when I’m on duty. Some straightforward stuff to get you going, but I really struggled to get over the line. Only one bum and … Read more >>
Independent on Sunday 1,268 by Poins
My apologies for the late post. I won’t comment on this one as I cheated to get the blog out quickly.
Beelzebub 1,266
A very enjoyable puzzle, and I was pleased to finish this one unaided, which isn’t something I manage often. There does seem to be some correlation between taking Beelzebub to the pub and … Read more >>
Everyman 3531/8 June
A pleasing puzzle from Everyman, but one I struggled with a bit, especially in the SE corner, where there was a word I had never heard of. Abbreviations cd cryptic … Read more >>
Azed 2192/off-by-one
Other than a numbering malfunction in the online edition once it had finally become available after a couple of days (across clue numbers from 29 needed to be incremented which I spent far … Read more >>