Monday Prize Crossword / Aug 24, 2015
Pleasant crossword from Falcon – easy but well clued.
Month: September 2015
Financial Times 15,016 by Mudd
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of August 22, 2015
Financial Times 15,025 by REDSHANK
I seem to be fortunate in the Wednesday FT slot to get a seemingly endless sequence of great puzzles to blog. This week’s puzzle is no exception, and long may it continue. Thanks to Redhsank and all at the FT for making this happen!
Independent 9,012 by Dac
I wish setting clues were as easy as Dac makes it seem. Apparently every word just conveniently happens to have a simple way of being broken up to make a convincing surface, although it’s probably more a case of ars est celare artem.
Definitions underlined.
Guardian 26,666 – Imogen
This looked rather impenetrable at first, but I was lucky to guess the key phrase at 2d etc early on, which gave lots of crossing letters as well as a hint to other … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1400: Beat the Clock by Nimrod
Nimrod‘s bagging #1400 with his 13th Inquisitor – unlucky for some? Hope not. Preamble: Corrections to single-letter misprints in the definition part of each down clue in order hint at Theme A. … Read more >>
Guardian 26 665 by Brummie
First Brummie for me for a while, found this a bit tricky in places, but I think it’s all ok now.
Independent 9011 / Vigo
One for beginners and those with very little time to spare. Having said that, it was still a pleasurable solve due to the generally good, and in places excellent, surfaces. . Across 1 Trim, … Read more >>
Financial Times 15024 Phssthpok
(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 puzzle from a Tuesday … Read more >>
Financial Times 15024 with Picture Quiz
(Please post comments on ONLY the picture quiz hereinbelow. To post comments on the crossword puzzle, please click here.) An enjoyable puzzle from a Tuesday regular, thanks to Phssthpok. Definitions are underlined in … Read more >>