Magwitch gives us company this Friday morning – with a challenge filled with straightforward elegant cluing as has come to be expected of her. Quite a lot easier compared to her earlier grids so an excellent opportunity for newbies at the FT to get familiar with the solving experience. Thanks Magwitch !
Month: June 2015
Independent 8953 / Nimrod
We always look forward to the Thursday Indy puzzle with a certain sense of trepidation, as they have a reputation for being more challenging than the rest of the week. When we … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,966 by REDSHANK
A very pleasant crossword, fair throughout and with two outstanding clues. Thanks, Redshank.
Guardian 26,607 by Otterden
Found this tricky, and at several points it felt quite a slog. I did particularly like 1dn and 13dn.
Financial Times 14,957 – Crux
Monday Prize Crossword / Jun 15, 2015
Mostly Crux as we know him (elegantly clued, thoughtful etc) but …..
FT 14,956 Set by Wanderer
I cannot say this puzzle was difficult but, somehow, I had a very difficult time with it. I messed myself up to start with by entering two wrong answers. My clue of the … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,965 by GAFF
A very enjoyable puzzle from Gaff which was sometimes easy and sometimes infuriating (in a good way). Thank you Gaff!
Independent 8,952 / Dac
It wouldn’t be Wednesday without Dac now, would it? This was another vintage Dac, in my humble opinion, this time one of medium difficulty on a grid that I did not recognise, with … Read more >>
Guardian 26,606 – Paul
I romped through most of this fairly quickly, with just a few hold-ups at the end. One word that was new to me, though easy to guess from the cue and crossing letters, … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1390: Verbatim by Bics
A new setter this week, welcome Bics! A brief preamble: Solvers must 32 seventeen 9s. Corrected definitional misprints in sixteen clues may assist. The two-word explanation thus revealed must be written below the … Read more >>
Guardian 26,605 by Screw
Well, that was fun, fiendish, but fun.
Independent 8951 / Tees
A slightly quirky puzzle from Tees today, but we shouldn’t really be surprised by that. Once the long answer had been solved, the remainder of the grid fell quite easily. … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,964 / Armonie
I could nit-pick and quibble about several clues but I’m not going to, I’ll leave that up to you if you feel so inclined. My main gripe is the use of ‘in X’ … Read more >>
Guardian Quiptic 814/Pan
I enjoyed this one, as I usually do with a Pan puzzle. What did you think? My objective for today is to get a lurker to make his or her first comment, since … Read more >>
Independent 8,950 by Alchemi
Monday and it is my week to do the Indy, unlike last week when I posted only to see I’d been beaten to it…