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I found this rather easy by Beelzebub standards because there were many straightforward clues to common words and even the more obscure entries were readily determined from the clear and simple wordplay. . … Read more >>
An Azed Competition puzzle this week but it was a plain one. There is one clue for which I can’t even begin to see the word play and that’s 12 … Read more >>
(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 not too taxing puzzle. … Read more >>
(Please post comments on ONLY the picture quiz hereinbelow. To post comments on the crossword puzzle, please click here.) An enjoyable none too taxing puzzle. Thanks to Hypnos. Definitions are underlined in the … Read more >>
There is going to be a get-together of crossword fans in London on 5/12/15. For details please see here.
This was the usual very high standard of puzzle from Paul; we didn’t find it too difficult and there were plenty of clues to make us smile 🙂 Across 9. Spooner’s rejection of … Read more >>
Fairly straightforward fare from Tyrus this week, if that is a fair summary? Some crisp clueing and nice surface readings, and no hidden tricks or themes…as far as I could tell anyway! An … Read more >>
The second Oxymoron puzzle of the year, following on from King Lear’s “The wheel has come full circle.” This week we have to draw lines through a work and its creator’s first and … Read more >>
Apologies for the brevity. Rushed for time. Thanks Bradman for a pleasant challenge.
Is it just us or is Phi getting harder? It’s not that the clues are more complex we feel rather that some of the synonyms are a little more obscure. We’re not complaining … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26722.
It has been a while since it has fallen to me to blog a Tees puzzle, and I hope that I have done justice to it, despite being rather bleary-eyed after a long … Read more >>
An enjoyable puzzle from Paul, with precise cluing, which helped with a couple of less well known words, and some amusing wordplay and surfaces. The theme is the eight Ivy League Universities – … Read more >>
Generally straightforward with some clever clues here and there. Thanks, Alberich
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of October 24, 2015