Guardian Cryptic 28295 Vlad
Thank you to Vlad. This wasn’t a write-in for me. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1, 18. He dealt with state affairs a lot — wrong description of Boris? (1,6,2,2,5,3) A … Read more >>
Day: 19 November 2020
Enigmatic Variations No. 1460: A Human Connection by Ranunculus
Hi everyone. I very much enjoyed rising to the challenge and sniffing out the solution to this puzzle. Thanks Ranunculus! The preamble reads: The definitions in nine across and nine down clues … Read more >>
Financial Times 16,638 by JULIUS
A headscratcher from Julius this morning. Maybe I'm tired, but I found this a bit of a slog this morning, although many of the answers were quite easy to get, as long as … Read more >>
Independent 10641 / Serpent
We have a puzzle by Serpent on Thursday this week. If I see Serpent as a setter, I know I’m in for a tricky time. That’s what I found in … Read more >>
Financial Times 16,628 by Mudd
Non-prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of November 8, 2020 Another nice puzzle from Mudd. My favourites are 27ac (NEEDED) and 9dn (PARSEC). ACROSS 1 STRESSED Tense as tempting confections wheeled over (8) … Read more >>