Guardian 28,254 / Vlad
Vlad rounds off a good week of puzzles with a reasonably tough challenge. The four long perimeter clues helped, as usual, but there were some rather tricky bits of parsing and one I’m … Read more >>
Month: October 2020
Independent 10,600 by Phi
It’s Phiday again Another enjoyable Friday offering from Phi. We always expect that there is something going on in Phi puzzles, but although it looks as though there is a Nina of a … Read more >>
Independent 10,599 / Serpent
A puzzle by Serpent is always a treat, and today’s offering is no exception to that. This puzzle was a bundle of fun from start to finish. I found it less taxing than … Read more >>
Enigmatic Variations No. 1453: Four-letter words by Piccadilly
The 3rd of September’s easier clued EV’s is from Piccadilly. All clues are normal, but grid entry requires letter removal and insertion in the perimeter to spell out four-letter words which combine to … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 28,253 by Tramp
Tramp’s usual tricky excellence with some very neat surfaces including 14ac. I particularly liked 6ac, 10ac, 11ac, 20a, 26ac, 6dn, 7dn, 22dn, and especially 4dn. Many thanks to Tramp for the puzzle. … Read more >>
Financial Times 16,596 by FALCON
A pleasant puzzle from Falcon in this morning's FT This was a lovely puzzle to solve; not very difficult but with enough of a challenge to keep one entertained. There was no tough … Read more >>
Financial Times 16,586 by Alberich
Non-prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of September 19, 2020 A fine brew of easy, clever and difficult clues. I sailed through most of it then took a while to get 17 and … Read more >>