Month: December 2015
Financial Times 15,100 by Rosa Klebb
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of November 28, 2015
Financial Times 15109 by WANDERER
Easier to guess the solutions than to explain them. Thanks to Wanderer for a very enjoyable tussle.
Independent 9,096 / Dac
Today offered me what will doubtless be my last opportunity to blog a Dac puzzle in 2015. And rather fittingly, this puzzle bears all the hallmarks of the other Dac puzzles that I … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 26750 by Chifonie
A quick solve and very enjoyable – favourites were 6ac and 12dn.
Inquisitor 1414: Breakthrough by Schadenfreude
Another Schadenfreude offering this week. Usually quite difficult and this was no exception, not helped by slightly misleading (to me, Hi, anyway) rubric, which read: After filling the grid, solvers must obey the … Read more >>
Guardian 26,749 – Brummie
An enjoyable puzzle from Brummie with some helpful anagrams to get things going. Thanks to the setter. Getting 12a and 22a early on led me to the theme of Andy Warhol and his … Read more >>
Financial Times 15,108 / Crux
When I started this one I thought it was going to be a walk in the park because entries were going in at a fair rate of knots but this proved not to … Read more >>
Independent 9095 / Radian
A puzzle from Radian today that doesn’t have any obscure entries, but does have one entry that I have great difficulty spelling The theme in this crossword developed gradually but … Read more >>
Guardian 26,748 / Rufus
It’s Monday, it’s Rufus, so we know what to expect – plenty of double/cryptic definitions (though perhaps not quite as many as some weeks judging by the blogs I’ve read in the past), … Read more >>
Guardian Quiptic 838/Orlando
An excellent Quiptic this morning. But what do you expect? Look who the setter is. I’ll be recommending this one to my friends who are still trying to learn the Dark Arts. … Read more >>
Independent 9094 by Alchemi
A plain crossword from Alchemi this morning, nowt wrong with that.
Private Eye / Cyclops 561 – Transcend Presidency
Not what I would call an outstanding puzzle though there are some excellent surface readings in the clues I did the wrong thing by solving this crossword a week ago soon after the mag arrived, … Read more >>
Beelzebub 1343
A relatively quick solve for me this week with everything done and dusted within about half an hour. Does this mean that the puzzle was easier than usual or just that I had … Read more >>
Guardian Genius 149, Jack
Hello all, This one took me a few sittings, as should be the case. Enjoyable. As ever, I’m amazed by the grid constructions for puzzles like this. I found myself singing the bridge to this song … Read more >>