Monday Prize Crossword / Mar 30, 2015
An enjoyable puzzle with Crux back in the saddle.
Month: April 2015
Financial Times 14,891 by Goliath
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of March 28, 2015 I am getting better at Goliath’s puzzles and coming to appreciate them more. A couple of clues gave me trouble in this one … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,899 by Gozo
Another super puzzle from Gozo, interesting all the way through. Thank you Gozo.
Independent 8886 – Dac
After Dac’s impressive April 1st puzzle last week, it’s back to the smooth surfaces and straightforward clueing we have come to expect on a Wednesday. If you completed last week’s Dac and only looked … Read more >>
Guardian 26,540 by Picaroon
Lots to like here, with excellent surfaces and cleverly disguised definitions. Favourites were 10ac, 24ac and 3dn.
Inquisitor 1379: Snobs by Lato
Preamble: Nine thematic answers (one of two words) should be considered as associating only with ‘34-38s’, with each ‘34-38’ suggested twice. Correctly associated, all are 26s. Eight of these are clued by wordplay … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,898 by ARMONIE
A gentle Tuesday morning
Guardian 26,539 – Paul
Good fun as always from Paul, with a mini-theme around the two long answers. I got both of these early on, from the enumerations and a few crossing letters, and the rest didn’t … Read more >>
Independent 8,885 / Hieroglyph
The Tuesday slot this week is filled by Hieroglyph, whose puzzles I have hitherto had little experience of either solving or blogging. Having spotted the grid’s perimeter, I wondered if we were in … Read more >>
Guardian 26,538 by Shed
Monday morning and of course it’s Rufus, oh hang on it’s not.
Independent 8884/Punk
I haven’t blogged a Punk puzzle in ages, so I was pleased to see Mr Halpern’s moniker at the top of the crossword this morning. In Another Place, as Paul, the setter has … Read more >>
Guardian Quiptic 803 Provis
(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.) An enjoyable straightforward Quiptic with nice … Read more >>
Guardian Quiptic 803 with Picture Quiz
(Please post comments on ONLY the picture quiz hereinbelow. To post comments on the crossword puzzle, please click here.) An enjoyable straightforward Quiptic with nice storytelling surfaces in the clues, thanks to Provis … Read more >>
Beelzebub 1,308
It may be my imagination, but I do seem to be drawing an easier share of the weeks than Gaufrid recently. In this case I managed all but a single square unaided. That … Read more >>
Everyman 3,573
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3573.