Traditionally straightforward Tuesday puzzle from Dante, though I have a few gripes this morning…
Month: September 2016
Independent 9,327 by Hob
Take aim, fire!
Quiptic 877 by Orlando
A lovely surprise to find Orlando waiting for me this morning.
Guardian 26,981 / Rufus
It’s Monday, it’s Rufus, so the usual preponderance of cryptic/double definitions (perhaps not quite so many as there have been at times) with an anagram, a hidden and a few charades. Not my … Read more >>
AZED 2,308
A 13 x 11 grid for this week’s plain from Azed.
Guardian Genius 158 – Paul
As seems to happen with monotonous regularity with the Genius, the first challenge was to get hold a usable copy of the puzzle. First the “printable version” link led to a blank grid … Read more >>
Everyman 3647
Another good’un from Everyman this morning. All clear, with some good surfaces and a nod to my favourite singer-songwriter. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = … Read more >>
Independent on Sunday 1385 Poins
A bit on the hard side for an IoS. Thanks to Poins. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Lay a charge against heartless trooper from the east (6) REPORT : Reversal … Read more >>
Independent 9326 / Nimrod
Our last Nimrod blog was back in April. We needed help with one of the parsings then and surprise, surprise we need help again today. There were some long answers which on first … Read more >>
Guardian Prize 26,974 by Maskarade
The Bank Holiday Prize puzzle, as is now traditional, comes from Maskarade.
Enigmatic Variations 1240: Mass Transit by Ifor
Ifor offers us some MASS TRANSIT this week – we could be ‘going underground’, with the Jam; we could be ‘on the buses’ with Reg Varney; or we could be on the EV … Read more >>
Financial Times 15,335 by BRADMAN
A long day at work resulted in a delayed post – apologies for the same. Rushed through this, a moderately difficult challenge from the Don I thought. I was held up equal parts in the solving, as well as in the parsing, for the clues that did pose a challenge. Thanks Don, for a good workout.
Guardian 26,979 / Crucible
I wondered who I was going to get today, now I know. Crucible has given us a themed puzzle commemorating an event that started 350 years ago today – the Great Fire of … Read more >>
Independent 9,325 / Phi
Typically, it falls to Phi to round off another set of mid-week puzzles. I found this to be a puzzle of two halves, in that, if you drew a line from the top-left … Read more >>
Cryptic Crossword Survey Results – Update
Back in early May I published a post containing some feedback from Kathryn Friedlander and Philip Fine of Buckingham University regarding their cryptic crossword research which included a link to the published results. … Read more >>