A pleasant crossword from Eimi. Of course there are references to football and pop music, but I was expecting those. If there is a Nina I can’t see it; it all seems quite straightforward.
Definitions underlined where appropriate.
Month: January 2015
Guardian 26,479 – Brendan
A very welcome return by Brendan after an absence of more than six months. I thought this was going to be a walkover after filling in the NW corner very quickly, but things … Read more >>
Financial Times No. 14,839 by GURNEY
What’s not to like in a puzzle with good surface stories and unambiguous cryptic parsing?
Quiptic 793 by Pan
An extremely enjoyable challenge from Quiptic regular Pan.
Guardian 26,478 by Rufus
Well it’s Monday, it’s Rufus, it’s mostly easy. You knew that before coming here though.
Beelzebub 1,298
This one seemed quite hard at first, but things did fall into place steadily enough. Lots of nice long anagrams to work through, too. I’m not certain I’ve quite nailed the parsing of … Read more >>
AZED 2,224
A harder than usual puzzle from Azed this week, with a 13 by 11 grid, including a higher than average number of & lit clues.
Everyman 3563/18 January
Another well-crafted and enjoyable puzzle from Everyman this morning, with some particularly pleasing surface readings. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = anagram indicator [x] letter(s) … Read more >>
Independent 1,300 by Hypnos
A good Sunday puzzle from Hypnos, a bit of everything. Thanks Hypnos.
Independent Prize Crossword 8817 by Monk 17/01/15
Sometimes we find that the prize crossword is actually easier than some of the weekday puzzles – this wasn’t one of them. There were a number of clues when one or other of … Read more >>
Guardian Prize 26,471 by Picaroon
This was a really tough puzzle with an appropriate mini-theme.
Enigmatic Variations No. 1156: Definition by Xanthippe
DEFINITION ticks several boxes in the list of classic EV devices – misprints in definitions giving some thematic material (a song title and part of a line from it) followed by the removal of … Read more >>
Independent 8,822 / Phi
This is my first Friday blog of 2015, but no surprise to find the compiling slot occupied by Phi. I found this to be a medium-difficulty Phi puzzle, where I solved the longer … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 26476 Boatman
(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.) Another Guardian slip today, which as … Read more >>