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Month: May 2019
Independent 10,170 by Klingsor (Saturday Puzzle 18 May 2019)
Apologies again for the late posting – an enjoyable (and significant?) puzzle from Klingsor today… I woke up a tad worse for wear this morning, after celebrating cycling coast-to-coast across Lancashire and Yorkshire … Read more >>
Enigmatic Variations 1381 To Avoid Offence by Kruger
A Sunday in May and a tussle with Kruger. 12 misprints to find to reveal the start of a quote. Then some clashes to resolve to find the originator. Then some other entries … Read more >>
Guardian 27,818 / Paul
A fairly straightforward prize puzzle on the whole, I thought, though I had some trouble with 1d and 11a,2a. Lots to enjoy and appreciate here! Thanks, Paul. Across 1. Sad feeling, Brexit dealer … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 27823 Paul
Thanks to Paul for a challenging puzzle, solving as well as parsing. There is one that I could only partially parse, so I’ll need someone to fill in the blanks please. Definitions are … Read more >>
Financial Times 16,169 by WANDERER
A riveting challenge from WANDERER that left me feeling short on both my solve as well as my vocabulary. Needed help from the interwebs to bring this home.
Independent 10,169 by Phi
It’s Phi-day again and this week, we found his puzzle rather trickier than usual.
Independent 10,168 / Serpent
Serpent has set today’s crossword for our mid-week delectation. I found this a hard puzzle to make inroads into and had an almost empty grid for a good while. Once I got started, … Read more >>
Financial Times 16,168 by ALBERICH
Alberich provides this morning’s FT puzzle.
Guardian Cryptic 27,822 by Qaos
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27822.
Financial Times 16,158 by Mudd
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of May 4, 2019
Financial Times 16,167 by GOZO
A themed puzzle as usual from Gozo.
Guardian 27,821 / Nutmeg
My fourth blog of a Nutmeg puzzle in two months – and I’m still not complaining … … but I am running out of things to say. If … Read more >>
Independent 10167 / Eccles
Eccles fills the Wednesday slot this week. This is a good solid crossword with a few words that are probably not in everyday use by most solvers, but they are … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1593: Mirror Image II by Serpent
Serpent is a fairly regular Inquisitor setter who always presents a challenge A moderate length preamble this week stated " Clues are presented in conventional order and the grid has … Read more >>