It’s Phi-day again!
Guardian 27,775 / Nutmeg
Nutmeg ends the week with her usual wit and elegance. I found this a bit more of a tussle than usual and at one point had the whole of the right hand side … Read more >>
Month: March 2019
Financial Times 16,122 by MUDD
An easy challenge from MUDD, who I havent seen much on Fridays. There might be more to the parsing on a couple of clues than what I have so looking forward to improvements on them. Thanks MUDD.
Independent 10,120 / Punk
Punk has provided today’s daily (over?)dose of cruciverbal entertainment. I found this to be a real challenge, of a puzzle, but one that I thoroughly enjoyed. Punk won the battle between solver and … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 27,774 by Paul
A slow, difficult, and satisfying solve. Favourites were 17ac, 1dn, 3dn, 7dn, and 22dn. Thanks to Paul.
Financial Times 16,121 by ARTEXLEN
Artexlen provides this morning’s FT challenge.
Financial Times 16,111 by Mudd
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of March 9, 2019
Financial Times 16,120 by AARDVARK
This turned out to be harder than it looked on first reading. Thanks Aardvark.
Guardian 27,773 – Tramp
A very enjoyable puzzle from Tramp which has one of his characteristic themes running through some of the clues, albeit less all-pervasively than he sometimes manages (I may have missed some references). I … Read more >>
Independent 10119 / Silvanus
Silvanus has produced a few Independent weekday puzzles in recent weeks and I have liked the couple I have blogged previously. I enjoyed this one as well. It didn’t fall … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1585: To Come by Chalicea
Chalicea is a fairly regular setter in the Inquisitor series. She last appeared at the end of November 2018 The preamble was fairly short: "Extra letters given by the wordplay … Read more >>
Independent 10118 by Radian
This is now the third of Radian’s crosswords in a row that I have had the pleasure of blogging: all very satisfactory, plenty of good clues, nothing controversial, and a Nina, shortly to be exposed, which wasn’t too hard to see.
Definitions in maroon, underlined. Anagram indicators in italics.
Guardian Cryptic 27,772 by Boatman
A curious mix of easy and difficult clues form Boatman.
Financial Times 16,119 by SLORMGORM
A straightforward, witty and enjoyable puzzle.
Independent 10,117 by Hoskins
Not the easiest puzzle for a Monday; most of the answers were clear enough with hindsight, but took a bit of work to get there. Thanks to Hoskins for the challenge. Several very … Read more >>