Monday Prize Crossword / Feb 23, 2015
A puzzle from Crux somewhere between a Dac and a Dante/Rufus. Too many cryptic definitions to my taste today.
Year: 2015
Financial Times 14,861 by Wanderer
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of February 21, 2015 So, another new setter has wandered into this space. And one I know nothing about. His or her initial offering seems a mixed … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,870 by GOZO
Another good and interesting puzzle from Gozo, as we have come to expect from him. Always a pleasure to solve and blog.
Independent 8,856 / Dac
It is Wednesday today, so it is Dac’s weekly opportunity to put Indy solvers through their paces. For me, this was a typical Dac puzzle in terms of level of difficulty. I was … Read more >>
Guardian 26,510 by Puck
Found this tough…
Inquisitor 1374: Engagement by Schadenfreude
The rubric read: One answer is not to be entered in the grid. Answers to four clues which lack definitions are thematic. Solver must highlight two other normally clued entries to complete a … Read more >>
Guardian 26,509 – Screw
A new setter makes his Guardian debut, and a very promising one, with a good variety of sound clues. I found this quite hard, perhaps partly because I didn’t know what to expect, … Read more >>
Independent 8855 / Hieroglyph
Hieroglyph appears on a monthly basis in the Independent weekday series. Once you solved any of the across clues in this puzzle, it was fairly obvious what the theme was. … Read more >>
Financial Times No. 14,869 by GURNEY
Typical Tuesday puzzle. Mostly easy clues with straightforward wordplays.
Guardian Quiptic 798/Provis
Late on parade; apologies. Laptop meltdown when I was about to post. Has anyone else screamed abuse at an inanimate object? Enjoyed it, but a bit hard for a … Read more >>
Independent 8854 by eXternal
After a tough Monday puzzle last week, this was back to more gentle fare with plenty of easier clues to get you enough crossing letters to do the trickier stuff. Across 7. Trade … Read more >>
Guardian 26,508 by Rufus
Good morning, as expected a Rufus for a bright and cold Monday here in Suffolk after a wet and windy night.
Private Eye/Cyclops 541 Tragic takeover
With apologies to anyone who struggled, I found this Cyclops puzzle quite easy. There were a couple that I only pencilled-in early on because I couldn’t see the wordplay at the time or thought there … Read more >>
Everyman crossword No 3,568
Hello all, Firstly, apologies for the lateness of this post. Holiday-induced brainfade. Thanks to Gaufrid for alerting me to my oversight. Secondly, and related, apologies for both the curtness of the post and … Read more >>
Everyman 3568
Due to unforeseen circumstances, the blog for this puzzle has been delayed but it should be available by late afternoon/early evening.