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Brummie provides an enjoyable challenge today, all fairly clued, with just a couple of less familiar words. Brummie’s puzzles often have a theme. All I can see here is a mini-thread at 1ac, … Read more >>
A little stiffer than the Tuesday usual… … including some sort of record-bid at 26. Enjoyable. Many thanks to Gurney. ACROSS 1 PENALTY SHOOT-OUT Youth, top one, last to be involved in tie-break? … Read more >>
A nice gentle ZAMORCA for a bank holiday… A very pleasant solve with some very nice surfaces, and a pangram to boot! Thanks ZAMORCA! ACROSS 1 Ruler’s repressing over half of region (8) … Read more >>
A tricky and fun start to the week, with neat wordplay and surfaces, and with quite a bit of general knowledge required. Favourites were 14ac, 16ac, 26ac, 29ac, and 22dn. Thanks to Pan
An enjoyable and interesting puzzle from Tees.
Thanks to Beale, who returns after a long absence of over 3 years. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Accessories worn with kind of shirt — striking on first sight (9) … Read more >>
The puzzle can be found here. Hello all. I hope you are well and enjoying the extended weekend. Thanks to Kairos for an enjoyable puzzle. EDIT 25/05/2020: There were some extras for … Read more >>
After the rigours of the 2500 special, a reasonably straightforward Plain puzzle, in which the NE corner gave me the most trouble (for no very good reason, in retrospect). A minor point of … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3840. This week we have a vestige of paired long clues, in Bed and Breakfast, bottom and top, with perhaps EARLY DAY linking them (although the full … Read more >>
The puzzle can be found here. Hi everyone. I hope you are well. Thanks to Alchemi for this puzzle to brighten up our Saturday. I found it more like a Sunday puzzle … Read more >>
Having blogged a Paul puzzle the day before, I assumed that the fairly regular pattern of my monthly Saturday blog coinciding with Paul’s usually regular fortnightly appearance in that slot had been temporarily … Read more >>
“Single-letter misprints in the definition parts of 18 clues must be corrected before solving. The correct letters, read in order, describe the DARK AND STORMY speaker of the words around the perimeter of the grid, whose name must be highlighted (11 cells). Chambers Dictionary (2016) is recommended.”
A quicker solve than expected from a Friday Nutmeg, with some very neat cluing and a few trickier bits of parsing. Favourites were 10ac, 15ac, 26ac, 5dn, and 20dn.
A typical Friday challenge from the Don. Thanks Bradman for the workout.
This is the usual tidy and clear offering from Phi. OCTILLION defeated me until the bitter end but I more or less have it now. Definitions in crimson, underlined. Anagram indicators in italics. … Read more >>