Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of June 25, 2016
Month: July 2016
Independent 9,275 by Knut
There are two clues here that are as good as any you ever see.
Definitions underlined and in maroon.
Financial Times 15,285 / Aardvark
PeeDee’s holiday has given me the chance to return to what used to be my regular Wednesday FT slot (many years ago now!). A steady solve for me with no hold-ups or head … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 26,929 by Chifonie
Not too difficult and nicely clued. Favourites 3dn and 14dn – thanks, Chifonie.
Inquisitor 1444: OURS by Eclogue
An Eclogue puzzle – something to look forward to. Preamble: In clue order, corrections to definition misprints give a quotation completed by the thematic puzzle title. The name of the work from … Read more >>
Guardian 26928 – Vlad
Rather to my surprise, I got through about half of this pretty quickly, but then slowed down a lot, and almost ground to the halt for the last few. No obvious theme that … Read more >>
Independent 9274 / Crosophile
It seems a while since we last blogged a Crosophile and we always enjoy his puzzles as there’s invariably something going on in the grid. In this case, there’s a nina round three … Read more >>
Financial Times 15,284 by DANTE
A quick solve this morning with plenty of familiar crossword constructions.
Guardian Cryptic 26,927 by Rufus
Standard Rufus fare
Independent 9,273 by Wiglaf
Monday again and my second Wiglaf in his third Daily Indy crossword.
Guardian Quiptic 868/Provis
One or two rather remote synonyms, I thought, but generally a sound Quiptic to get us started on the cruciverbal week. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition … Read more >>
Cyclops 576: Expensive business
Not for the first time, I am blogging a Cyclops when many of the references in it seem weirdly out of date. A lot has happened, and a lot has changed — nearly … Read more >>
Independent on Sunday 1376 / Hypnos
I don’t normally solve the IoS (I’ve only done so today because the scheduled blogger is away) so cannot say how this one compares with others in the series or with previous Hypnos cryptics. … Read more >>
Everyman 3,638
Not much to say other than here’s this week’s Everyman
Guardian Genius 156 / Pasquale
The Instructions: Eleven clues are identically deficient in their cryptic component, reflecting the passing of the solution to one of them. We seem to have another gremlin in this month’s Genius. We printed … Read more >>