An enjoyable puzzle and a good level of difficulty for the FT. You could fill the grid in a lunch break but with some trickier parsings to keep the eggheads happy. Thank you Aardvark.
Month: May 2017
Guardian Cryptic 27,211 by Nutmeg
Nutmeg’s Wednesday offering was challenging, but fun and fair.
Independent 9557 / Silvanus
Silvanus taskes over the mid-week slot today – this is his third Indy puzzle and the first for us to blog. We found it as enjoyable as the previous two offerings – … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1491: Don’t Trust the Picture by Phi
Don’t Trust the Picture by Phi Preamble: A number of answers are entered jumbled, and even then won’t fill the associated entries, leaving unchecked spaces blank. The complete versions of these entries are … Read more >>
Independent 9,556 / Radian
Radian has provided today’s puzzle, to take (guide?) us into the working week following the bank holiday. I actually found this to be quite a tough puzzle, one that needed to be chipped … Read more >>
Financial Times 15,562 by SAYANG
Our setter’s roots are showing this morning…
Guardian Cryptic 27,210 by Tramp
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27210.
Guardian Quiptic 915/Pasquale
A bit of a collector’s item – Pasquale in the Quiptic slot. In his various avatars, he has the ability to turn the heat up or down; here it was a very gentle simmer, … Read more >>
Guardian 27,209 / Rufus
It’s a Bank Holiday but no Monday off for Rufus. A characteristic blend of [some not very] cryptic and double definitions and several really good anagrams, particularly 10 and 18ac and 3dn. Thank … Read more >>
Independent 9,555 by Knut
A highly political puzzle with some great clues.
Private Eye (Cyclops/599) Mild Propaganda
Cyclops often creates puzzles with clues that range over 2 or more lights in different parts of the grid. I like the way this gives the puzzle a more three dimensional feel and … Read more >>
Azed 2,345
My second Azed blog and this time I’m able to write it at leisure with no time constraints. However, the extra time hasn’t meant that I am fully satisfied with this post because … Read more >>
Independent on Sunday 1,422 by Hoskins
Hoskins is always good fun on a Sunday, and this week was no exception. Things generally fell into place quite swiftly for me. Favourite moments included rather fun, misleading definition “Exercise restraint!” at … Read more >>
Everyman 3,684
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3684.
Independent 9554 Klingsor
The Saturday schedule and the blogging cycle is aligned! I get Klingsor again same as I did at his last Saturday outing, which is no bad thing. This time, solving started as before … Read more >>