Thanks to Pan for our Monday morning wake-up exercise. (And hello to any Quiptic regulars who haven’t met me; I’ve been a Fifteensquared blogger for a while but haven’t done the Quiptic until now.)
Month: September 2019
Guardian 27,939 – Vulcan
Unusually, no cryptic definitions from Vulcan today, but instead we have nine double defs, though a couple of them barely qualify. Mostly very straightforward clueing, but I’m unable to parse 15 across. (See … Read more >>
Financial Times 16,285 by ARMONIE
Armonie eases us into the week…
Independent 10,285/Tees
It’s another Tees and Pierre show, I’m afraid. We do love each other in a special way, but the reason we keep bumping into each other is that Tees is a Monday regular … Read more >>
Cyclops 660 – Psycho Diplomacy
Cyclops is right on the zeitgeist button this fortnight… …with references to an ADDLED PARLIAMENT, the POTBOILER of a Brexit – which has been going on for an ETERNITY but has now become … Read more >>
Everyman 3,806/22 September
Bonjour. Everyman has settled into a distinctive style, which (now I am familiar with it) is an aid to solving. I’ve got a few niggles about this one, though. The … Read more >>
Independent on Sunday 1544 Kairos
Thanks Kairos for an enjoyable Sunday outing. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 8 Roll over for one at sea (4) LOST : “list”(a roll/a register of names) with O(abbrev. for “over” … Read more >>
AZED 2,467
Another interesting trip though the English language with an expert guide. Thank you Azed.
Independent 10,284 by Wire
Wire provides us with this weekend’s first challenge.
Enigmatic Variations No. 1400: Title by Oxymoron
Hello everyone. I had never solved an Oxymoron puzzle before, and it was only when writing up the blog that I realised that thanks for this crossword are due to the late, great … Read more >>
Guardian Prize 27,932 by Brendan
A pleasure to see Brendan’s name in the Prize puzzle slot again, some four months after the last occasion.
Independent 10,283 / Phi
Phi is occupying his traditional Friday slot once again. I found this puzzle to be towards the easy end of the Indy spectrum of difficulty. I faltered at the end with 6A and … Read more >>
Financial Times 16,283 by JULIUS
A breezy challenge from Julius , which was easy for most part with only the parsing for 27ac holding me back from an equally speedy finish. Thanks Julius!
Guardian 27,937 – Picaroon
A clever construction with the usual excellent clueing by Picaroon today.
Financial Times 16,282 / Alberich
The scheduled blogger has failed to turn up so here is a quick analysis of the clues. An enjoyable offering from Alberich today (as was that of his alter ego in the Independent). … Read more >>