Another nice puzzle from Monk, a bit trickier than the last few of his that I have blogged.
Day: 10 May 2017
Guardian 27,193 / Nutmeg
A characteristically elegant and witty puzzle from Nutmeg. Getting the four long answers early on certainly helped towards a straightforward but entertaining solve. Thank you, Nutmeg – I really enjoyed it. Definitions are … Read more >>
Independent 9,539 by Eccles
An excellent puzzle from Eccles with soundness (I think) coupled with very pleasing surfaces. I found this very hard to begin with — none of the Acrosses fell at first sight — and then there were plenty of accessible Downs. Finally I stopped, having spent ages and failed on 22ac and 25ac. One of them is a (to me) dreaded cryptic definition, so there weren’t the usual two ways to the answer and I couldn’t see the required one; the other one (25ac) is still a bit of a mystery; no doubt someone will explain it better than I can.
Inquisitor 1488: Captain’s Log by Harribobs
Inquisitor puzzle by Harribobs … memories of BATS, struggling with the start of the endgame … Preamble: In some clues, wordplay leads to the answer plus an extra letter; extra letters spell … Read more >>