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Some fun and games in a nicely ‘accessible'(?) puzzle from Klingsor today… My favourite surface read was probably 20D – ‘Apple runs America, agreed?’ for RUSSET; closely followed by the RICH deep-FRIED diet … Read more >>
Hi everyone. This week we have a puzzle from Ifor which I much enjoyed, finding it nicely chewy in the clueing and with an endgame that didn’t give up its secrets too easily. … Read more >>
This was a Bank Holiday special from Maskarade with two grids and some misleading instructions.
Phi has returned to his usual Friday slot this week. This puzzle has been set on a more unusual grid, containing as many as ten 4-letter lights out of a total of 32! … Read more >>
A tough challenge from WANDERER this morning, which took quite a bit of effort to get through, especially since i wasnt familiar with this particular story from the Bard although i recognized the title. Thanks to WANDERER for a rigorous challenge.
Thanks to Qaos, for a puzzle that started slowly. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 G Boycott breaks 24 — an astronomical event? (3,4) BIG BANG : [G + BAN(a boycott/an … Read more >>
Dalibor is an irregular contributor to weekday Independent puzzles but his puzzles are always challenging when they appear. There was a clear theme to today’s puzzle with allusions to a … Read more >>
A quick solve, although a couple of clues took a little while to parse.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27912
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of August 17, 2019
Great puzzle as usual from Julius, quite a bit tougher than usual I thought. Thank you Julius.
Quite a tough crossword from Filbert today I thought — especially so for the usually quite gentle Wednesday — but well worth it. A mass of excellent clues and nothing that struck me as particularly questionable, apart from 15ac and 11dn, which are in any case only slight carps.
Definitions underlined in maroon. Anagram indicators in italics.
It’s a while since I blogged a puzzle from Crucible, who has long been one of my top favourites, so it was good to find this one on another sunny morning. The last … Read more >>
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Serpent is one of a bunch of Inquisitor setters that I like more often than not. Preamble: The wordplay in 32 clues generates an extra letter. Taken in clue order, these letters … Read more >>