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A new setter added to the Indy stable for our Monday morning pleasure. I thought this was a sound puzzle, with some very carefully crafted surfaces and a good range of devices. But … Read more >>
Cyclops is working the last few Trumpian references out of his system and into his clue wordplay, before Ronald T Dump is finally consigned to the S-bend of history, in a couple of puzzles’ time…
Perhaps a slightly trickier Everyman this week, though there are still some easy clues to get started. As usual, Everyman takes liberties with some rather 21a anagram indicators, and similarly the definitions are … Read more >>
Not so many obscure words this week, but as enjoyable as ever. Thank you Azed. ACROSS 1 GUM DRAGON Stick type of net over dyeing material (9, 2 words) GUM (stick) DRAG (type … Read more >>
A very nice puzzle I thought. Thank you Tees. ACROSS 1 HARDPAN Tricky to wash gravel through subsoil layer (7) HARD (tricky) PAN (to wash gravel through) 5 ANAGRAM Gelding niggled by … Read more >>
I found this quite hard. I may have been misled by getting 1a near instantly. Not sure why that is such a obvious anagram. I most certainly slowed down after that. There may … Read more >>
Super puzzle. Thank you Brendan. An alternative take on the “alphabetical”. I found this quite hard, even after I had twigged the theme. ACROSS 9 GRUELLING Sport in setting hard to endure (9) … Read more >>
I was half expecting a Paul puzzle today but it’s Brummie who rounds off the week. I usually enjoy Brummie’s puzzles but I’m afraid I found this one a disappointingly lacklustre solve, with … Read more >>
Phi brings the standard working week to a close as is usual. The shortest entry has given me the greatest problem in parsing today. I think the wordplay for TOO … Read more >>
A typical Friday offering from BRADMAN. Thanks Don! FF: 8 DD: 8 ACROSS 7 ROAD SHOW Touring group had so fallen apart in quarrel (4,4) [ HAD SO ]* in ROW ( … Read more >>
Orense provides this morning's FT puzzle. Although there were some good clues in here (such as 14ac and 22dn), I was ultimately disappointed with this puzzle. I think it could have done with … Read more >>
A fun puzzle – my favourites were 8ac, 10ac, 21dn, 24dn, and especially 19dn. Thanks to Picaroon. There is a theme, as mentioned in 23ac – all of the other across solutions are … Read more >>
It is always a joy to be blogging a puzzle by Klingsor — he is one of the setters I seek out. This one was perhaps a bit less challenging than sometimes, but … Read more >>
Kcit (Phi’s EV alter ego, if an alter ego can have an alter ego? Discuss…) has us doing some Geometry homework this week, as well as the usual English Language test…
Non-prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of November 28, 2020 Julius brings us another alphabetic with some typically clever clues, one term that was new to me (KERYGMA), another that I had come … Read more >>