Tramp today, full of rather clever stuff if a bit ribald in places. I’m beaten by one clue alas.
Month: October 2014
Financial Times No. 14,758 by ARMONIE
Typical Tuesday fare here.
Independent 8741/Crosophile
Donk a month or two ago with a Monday crossword that wasn’t exactly on the easy side; Tyrus giving everyone a hard time in last week’s Monday puzzle; now Crosophile is getting in … Read more >>
Guardian Quiptic 779 Hectence
(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.) This was a nicely Quiptic-level puzzle. … Read more >>
Guardian Quiptic 779 with Picture Quiz
(Please post comments on ONLY the picture quiz hereinbelow. To post comments on the crossword puzzle, please click here.) This was a nicely Quiptic-level puzzle. Thanks to Hectence. Definitions are underlined in the … Read more >>
Guardian 26,395 by Rufus
The puzzle may be found athttp://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26395.
Beelzebub 1,284
A much tougher puzzle this week, I thought. I found the right hand side particularly hard going, not least because I’d overconfidently entered THINGUMMYJIG at 1 across, making the long ones at 7 … Read more >>
Beelzebub 1,283
It appears I’ve been caught out by the very passing of time, and that this Beelzebub is from two weeks ago, so apologies for that. I’ll try to get up to date in … Read more >>
Azed 2120/mostly gentle
A relatively gentle exercise that didn’t require too many trips to Chambers. I got stuck though on the NE corner for a long time (as long as the rest of the puzzle took) … Read more >>
Everyman 3,549 (12 October)
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3549.
Independent on Sunday 1286/Kairos
A second IoS Kairos in a row for me to blog. I bigged him up a bit last time. Twice running? It was certainly an enjoyable and well-constructed puzzle. My favourites this morning … Read more >>
Independent 8734 by Nimrod (Saturday Prize Puzzle 11 October 2014)
A Nimrod-ean master class in cramming connected cryptic content in to a fifteen by fifteen grid – with just a hint of Cyclops-ean, or maybe Paul-esque, schoolboy smut, to generate a little heat … Read more >>
Guardian Prize 26,388 / Imogen
I’ve enjoyed Imogen’s puzzles since they’ve appeared monthly since February and so I was pleased to get this one to blog. I have been keeping a weather eye on Michael Curl’s [Orlando’s] ‘Best … Read more >>
Enigmatic Variations 1142 Opening Shot by Chalicea
So the perimter contains the opening shot of a pamphleteer though it has been changed from the Oxford dictinary of quotations. This leads to the removal of words from 15 solutions indicating the … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,755 / Redshank
I found this rather tricky in places but got there in the end. There were a few ‘entry’ clues that could be written in quickly but the majority required some thought, particularly for … Read more >>