Another enjoyable Wednesday puzzle for me to solve and blog, thank you Aardvark.
Day: 11 April 2018
Independent 9,826 by Silvanus
An enjoyable crossword from Silvanus today. If I was being really picky I’d say that rather a lot of the clues require you to leave out bits of, or the majority of, words. But really this doesn’t matter. I can just about understand it all (except for 1ac) and so far as I’m concerned that’s what matters.
Definitions underlined, in maroon. Anagram indicators in italics.
Guardian Cryptic 27,480 by Picaroon
There’s a lot to like about this Picaroon puzzle, but one glaring spelling mistake ruins the whole.
Financial Times 15,820 by Mudd
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of March 31, 2018
Inquisitor 1536: Exits by Schadenfreude
Schadenfreude shows up here about every couple of months. Preamble: Seven of a set of ten are to appear clockwise in the perimeter. The initial letters of single words to be removed … Read more >>