Guardian Quiptic 1,098/Hectence
Hectence has given us a lot of bra-stretching this morning. An interesting Quiptic, probably on the hardish side (at least from the parsing point of view), and a pangram to … Read more >>
Day: 30 November 2020
Financial Times 16,647 by SLORMGORM
Slormgorm kicks off the week. Overall a very enjoyable puzzle. There were a couple of things that held me up: “open up” as an anagram indicator in 3d just about works in this … Read more >>
Independent 10,650 by Bluth
A very challenging puzzle with some great surface definitions. As I'm currently on antibiotics for a severely infected left thumb, I could have done without 1 across, but it was an interesting clue … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 28,304 by Pan
A slightly tougher start to the week than usual. Having become used to Mondays being a bit easier than the rest of the week, I found this one a bit harder than the … Read more >>
Private Eye ( Cyclops / 690) Idler Consultants
This was another puzzle on the tough side for the Eye. I certainly made heavy weather of it. It didn’t seem that way at the start. First clue solved, 12A, was after trying … Read more >>