Independent 9,026 by Phi

As usual Phi has given us a neat efficient crossword with some very nice clues. As I have said before, he is often a bit tricky to get started on and then when you look back afterwards it all seems so simple, as witness the large number of answers that have been parsed in just one term, and I don’t think that’s because I’m in a bit of a hurry to complete this since I have a message from Norton telling me that they must fix a threat which is high risk, and the whole thing may explode before the blog is completed.

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Financial Times 15,039 by GAFF

A good fun Gaffle this Friday. Thanks to Gaff for yet another twisted challenge, albeit on the easier side relative to some of his earlier work that I have encountered. Quite a few subtraction anagrams in this one. Progress was slow and steady with the SW corner holding me up in the homestretch. Parsing for 15ac continues to elude me.

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Guardian Cryptic 26679 Orlando

(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.)  A tougher than average Cryptic I … Read more >>

Financial Times 15,029 – Armonie

Monday Prize Crossword / Sep 7, 2015

Armonie’s crosswords mostly appear on a Tuesday but this puzzle made once more clear why many solvers think he is the ideal week-opener.
Easy, concise and accessible, generally smooth surfaces and surely no trickery.

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Independent 9,024 / Dac

Today offers me my once-monthly opportunity to blog a Dac puzzle on a Wednesday. And I don’t suppose that I’ll say anything today that I haven’t said many times before: we have before … Read more >>