Yet another delectable offering from Wanderer. I had some trouble parsing 13ac. Thanks Wanderer, for a clever challenge!
Month: June 2017
Guardian 27,219 – Crucible
On a morning where Schadenfreude at the election result gives some small comfort from the state of the world, Crucible (mostly) takes our minds off it with an entertaining puzzle… … with a … Read more >>
Independent 9,565 / Phi
Phi has supplied the latest of his regular Friday puzzles for our delectation today. I found this to be a medium difficulty puzzle on the Phi spectrum. I struggled most in the SE … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 27218 Paul
A nice one from Paul, to whom thanks. A couple of tricky definitions held up completion for just a while. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Grid filler might stop (5,7) … Read more >>
Financial Times 15,570 by ORENSE
Not sure how I feel about Orense’s Thursday offering.
Independent 9564 / Hoskins
Hoskins has given us a puzzle today that I took a while to solve With hindsight I’m not sure why I took so long to solve this as the parsing … Read more >>
Financial Times 15,561 – Falcon
Monday Prize Crossword / May 29, 2017
Falcon knows what many Monday solvers want, a nice and easy puzzle.
Financial Times 15,560 by Goliath
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of May 27, 2017
Financial Times 15,569 by MONK
At the risk of repeating myself… another great puzzle from Monk. Thank you Monk.
Independent 9,563 by Hypnos
Hypnos and I haven’t met for ages and this pleasant simple crossword shows that he hasn’t lost anything. Nothing much to say really: just a whole lot of sound and very satisfactory clues. The Wednesday standard set by Dac is being maintained.
Definitions underlined and in maroon.
Guardian Cryptic 27,217 by Chifonie
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27217.
Inquisitor 1492: Rude Card by Schadenfreude
Another Schadenfreude for me to blog; anything to do with Columbus, I wonder, given the number of the puzzle? Preamble: Corrections to single letter misprints in the definition parts of twelve clues … Read more >>
Guardian 27,216 / Brendan
An interesting and absorbing literary offering from Brendan today, with ingenious interweaving of clues and elegant and witty surfaces, as ever. Knowing Brendan, I’m rather worried that there may be more going on … Read more >>
Independent 9562 / Crosophile
We really enjoyed this Crosophile offering today. The theme became apparent early on, although at first we thought it was based on 1d-ic drinks until we realised that there are a lot … Read more >>
Financial Times 15,568 by CRUX
Quick and painless from Crux this morning, though not without some wit and style.