The Observer crossword from January 20, 2019
A truly sad day for crossword lovers. Rumour has it that this was Colin Gumbrell’s final contribution to the Observer series.
Month: January 2019
Independent on Sunday 1509/Eccles
Jennifer on the oche this Sunday morning with a tractable little number to go with my coffee. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition (xxxx)* … Read more >>
Azed 2432
A plain Azed this week Azed shows how possible it is to clue any word in the dictionary. I hadn’t come across any of the words in the perimeter of … Read more >>
Independent 10,074 by Knut
Another topical crossword from Knut today.
Enigmatic Variations 1365 New Member by Poat
Complex preamble this week: Good news half of the clues and answers are normal. Bad news of the 20 remaining 8 transfer letters to or from the clue – which spell out a … Read more >>
Guardian 27,722 / Crucible
A fun but fairly easy prize puzzle from Crucible, with a theme of paintings The painting-related answers are: GLAIR NATIONAL GALLERY TEMPERA MATISSE NIOBE (perhaps – there are lots of paintings of Niobe) … Read more >>
Financial Times 16,074 by WANDERER
An interesting puzzle from WANDERER this Friday – witty cluing and elegant surfaces.
Guardian 27,727 – Chifonie
Chifonie seems to have given up his regular Monday appearances, but even so it’s a surprise to see him on a Friday. Lots of very straightforward clues here, as usual, but there were … Read more >>
Independent 10,073 by Phi
It’s Phi-day again!
Guardian Cryptic 27726 Nutmeg
Thanks Nutmeg. This was difficult in parts. Apologies for the late blog. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 9 Rescue injured relative, overcoming resistance (9) RETRIEVAL : Anagram of(injured) RELATIVE containing(overcoming) R(symbol … Read more >>
Financial Times 16,073 by JULIUS
Hunt the theme in today’s Julius puzzle.
Independent 10,072 / Serpent
Serpent has unleashed his cruciverbal venom on us this Thursday, although I am more used to seeing his work on Tuesdays. I found this to be a thoroughly entertaining and very challenging puzzle, … Read more >>
Financial Times 16,063 by Rosa Klebb
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of 12 January, 2019
Financial Times 16,072 by GOLIATH
A nice variety of clue types here, plenty to keep one’s interest. Thanks Goliath
Independent 10071 / Crosophile
Crosophile provides the fare today. This puzzle challenged my spelling in a couple of places. I had RI [religious instruction] for scripture leading to PUTRIFY at 21 down (PUTREFY) … Read more >>