Financial Times 16,357 by ARMONIE
Bit of a challenge from Armonie this morning Sorry for the late post. While solving the clues was not too hard (though I couldn’t parse ORDINAL (now fixed – thanks Jon Delfin@1)) … … Read more >>
Day: 23 December 2019
Quiptic 1,049 by Hectence
Another excellent Quiptic from Hectence today. There’s a wide variety of clue constructions, including many old favourite tricks, but nothing too obscure; the surfaces are very good too. If you’re trying to introduce … Read more >>
Independent 10,357/Poins
Indy aficionados will be more used to seeing Poins producing the Independent on Sunday puzzle, but he’s brought us the Monday one this week. It took a bit of teasing out, I can … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 28,011 by Brendan
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28011. A pleasant surprise, as Brendan has been offering just one puzzle a month recently. As announced in 17A, the THEME is THE RAINBOW, and, sure enough, … Read more >>
Cyclops 666 – Polarised Referendum
Given that this is Cyclops #666, and it was published in the issue dated Friday 13th, I expected something a bit, well, ‘beastlier’…but, apart from several mentions of Trump and Boris (and one … Read more >>