I’m glad to see Monk puzzles appearing on Wednesdays again. I have never seen a bad one, always a peasure to solve and blog. Thanks Monk.
Year: 2015
Independent 9060 by Quixote
Today sees the apparently now-regular appearance of Quixote on the last Wednesday of the month. As always, an enjoyable solve with no particular problems, although I didn’t find this so easy as I do the usual Wednesday setter. The obligatory (?) couple of unusual words are here, although they are clued, as indeed should be the case in these circumstances, simply.
Definitions underlined.
Guardian 26,714 / Screw
After Crucible’s toughie yesterday, today it’s the Turn of the Screw – another tough challenge. I thoroughly enjoyed this puzzle, which is full of inventive cluing and really innovative definitions, with lots of … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1408: Assumptions by Radler
We’ve seen Radler about once a year since his debut in 2013 (theme: QUARKs). Preamble: Eight clues lead to answers that are the wrong size: they must be used to fill the … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 26713 by Crucible
Found this very tough all the way through, but with plenty to enjoy – my favourite was 9dn. Thanks, Crucible.
Independent 9059 – Radian
We found this a tricky solve today, with some very crafty misdirections, and one or two solutions that needed a bit of research to check. However, the wordplay was very fair when we’d … Read more >>
Financial Times 15072 Dante
(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.) Thanks to Dante for the usual … Read more >>
Financial Times 15072 with Picture Quiz
(Please post comments on ONLY the picture quiz hereinbelow. To post comments on the crossword puzzle, please click here.) Thanks to Dante for the usual staple of anagrams, double and cryptic definitions (and … Read more >>
Enigmatic Variations No 1195 – Skyfall by Chalicea
Thanks to Gaufrid for stepping in!
I have switched phones and had apparently turned off email updates, alarms, and notifications (although not the messages every five minutes suggesting I buy extras)!
Appropriately, the phone I’m (mis)using is the new Bond phone. There’s obviously the possibility of a Bond reference in the title, especially when there’s a Bond film coming out soon (actually, it’s out now), but is it actually Bond-related?
Guardian Quiptic 832/Pan
Pan always gives us a sound Quiptic, and that was the case this morning. One or two trickier ones, and a not entirely helpful grid for an entry-level puzzle, but it was all … Read more >>
Guardian 26,712 – Rufus
A very quick solve for me today, with the exception of 4d, which held me up at the end. Fewer cryptic definitions than usual, I think, which helps; the ones we do have … Read more >>
Cyclops 558: Body talk
It’s Friday and I am trying to get this finished and scheduled in preparation for the York Sloggers & Betters weekend, so I don’t miss the Sunday session like I did last year. … Read more >>
Independent on Sunday 1,339 by Raich
It’s always nice to draw a puzzle from our friend and Fifteensquared alumnus Raich. Having had to blog an Anax on the same weekend, it was a relief that this perhaps wasn’t the … Read more >>