A stylish start to the year from Crux.
Year: 2018
Guardian 27,395 / Picaroon
A great way to start my blogging year – a puzzle from Picaroon! There are a couple of excellent anagrams here, at 17ac and 3dn, along with the customary witty wordplay, definitions and … Read more >>
Independent 9741 / Punk
Punk sets the first Tuesday Independent of 2018 The theme is defined by the gateway entry at 22 across – UNDERGROUND. There were nine London UNDERGROUND stations in the grid. … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 27,394 by Chifonie
A very pleasant and gentle start to the year – favourites were 1dn and 8dn. Thanks to Chifonie, and Happy New Year to all.
Guardian Quiptic 946/Carpathian
Bonne Année et Bonne Santé! There, that’s my allocation of exclamation marks for 2018 used up. Now onto the first Quiptic of 2018 (or is it?) This puzzle appears on the Guardian … Read more >>
Independent 9740 / Maize
It is not often that you get clue numbers over 40 in a 15×15 blocked grid so something must be going on. It certainly is! Simply a-Maize-ing, the Indy brings in the New … Read more >>
Inquisitor index: 2018
Puzzles 1524 – 1575