John Dawson RIP
John Dawson (Armonie/Chifonie) passed away towards the end of last month. A tribute to him by the FT crossword editor, along with his first puzzle published in the FT, can be found here.
Day: 12 October 2020
Guardian Cryptic 28,262 by Carpathian
A neatly clued puzzle from Carpathian – the first time I've blogged one of their crosswords. I particularly liked 13ac, 2dn, 4dn, 15dn, and 17dn – many thanks to Carpathian. ACROSS 9 DISPARAGE … Read more >>
Guardian Quiptic 1091 Beale
Thanks to Beale for this enjoyable Quiptic. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Put one’s foot down when presented with energy charge (8) STAMPEDE : STAMPED(put one’s foot down heavily, on … Read more >>
Independent 10,608/Raich
Excellent. A Raich falls on my blogging day, which hasn’t happened for a bit. Raich is one of the reasons that you’re reading this blog now. When I first got back into cryptics, … Read more >>
Financial Times 16,605 by ARMONIE
John Dawson’s first FT crossword from November 2 1995… It’s been my pleasure to have blogged a number of ARMONIE’s crosswords over the past few years. Always enjoyable, and this, his first, was … Read more >>