I always enjoy puzzles from Julius. For me they have a consistently high concentration of penny-drop-moments: those jumps from from “WTF is this about?” to “Aha, of course!”. Thank you Julius.
Month: July 2019
Independent 10,233 by Phi
In his new peripatetic state Phi appears on a Wednesday and to my pleasure clashes with me. This was his usual enjoyable crossword, which I found a bit easier than usual: only 11ac and 14ac held me up, and even now I’m not totally comfortable with them.
Apologies for slight lateness of this blog. Computer problems, which are I hope more or less resolved.
Definitions in maroon, underlined. Anagram indicators in italics.
Guardian Cryptic 27,887 by Paul
Tricky and fun from Paul, if not quite living up to the surface of 21dn today. Favourites were 8ac, 10ac, 22/26, 13dn, and 21dn
Financial Times 16,232 by PETO
Very fast solve of some very sound if sometimes convoluted clueing…
Inquisitor 1604: A Day Trip from Columbia by Kruger
This will be only the fourth of Kruger‘s 41 Inquisitor puzzles that I’ve blogged – kenmac usually snaffles them. Preamble: Two colleagues on a day trip to the sea have left another … Read more >>
Guardian 27,886 – Qaos
Good Qaotic fun today: not too hard, with only one clue giving me a bit of trouble in the parsing. The puzzle celebrates the satirical magazine PRIVATE EYE, which recently published its 1500th … Read more >>
Independent 10,232 by Filbert
Filbert has been setting Indy puzzles for a year and a half now, but we haven’t had the pleasure of blogging one of his offerings until now.
Guardian Quiptic 1,028/Anto
Apart from two clues that aren’t cryptic, one that is faulty, seven other niggles and a complete lack of wit, I thought this was an okayish puzzle for the Quiptic slot. You? … Read more >>
Financial Times 16,231 by ARMONIE
Thanks to Armonie for the Monday morning workout.
Independent 10,231/Flitwick
Painstaking research shows that this is Flitwick’s third puzzle for the Indy or IoS, with a debut puzzle in March of this year, and this is the third time it has fallen to … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 27,885 by Orlando
The Gaurdian presents us with an elegant crossword from Orlando to strat the week.
Everyman 3,797
As the preamble says, this is an anniversary puzzle. And with lots of other coverage of the same anniversary in the last week or so, it’s not hard to guess the subject.
AZED 2,458
For some reason I especially enjoyed this one. Thank you Azed.
Independent on Sunday 1,535 by Poins
Another enjoyable Sunday puzzle, thank you Poins.
Independent 10,230 by Hoskins (Saturday Puzzle 27 July 2019)
An entertaining puzzle from Hoskins, with some nice surface reads and some good timing (or judicious editing?) regarding comings-and-goings at No 10 this week… My first solving note was a capitalised ‘HARSH!’ next … Read more >>