A typical BRADMAN challenge this Friday.
Month: May 2021
Independent 10,790 / Serpent
Serpent has supplied this Thursday’s crossword puzzle for our stimulation and entertainment. This old grid is one of my least preferred as a solver, since there is little variety in terms of entry … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 28444 Picaroon
Thank you to Picaroon. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Spin around and arouse cad after taking stimulants (4,2,4,4) TURN ON ONE’S HEEL : [TURN ON](to arouse/to stimulate) + [HEEL(a cad/an … Read more >>
Enigmatic Variations No. 1485 Elementary by Opsimath
Spring is here and so is an elementary puzzle from Opsimath. Extra letters in the word play of some clues to spell out two titles. Find the author and the original title of … Read more >>
Financial Times 16,784 by ALBERICH
Alberich is today's FT compiler.
Financial Times 16,774 by Chalmie
Non-prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of May 1, 2021
Financial Times 16,783 by MONK
I didn’t find this as hard as the last couple of Monk puzzles I blogged. No less enjoyable though. Thank you Monk.
Independent 10789 / Eccles
Eccles appears every second Wednesday in the Independent It’s always enjoyable to blog one of his crosswords. This puzzle had Eccles’ usual smooth clues with surfaces that conjure up pictures … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 28,443 by Nutmeg
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28443.
Inquisitor 1697: Sold Down the River by Ifor
Ifor has been setting Inquisitor crosswords since 2011 and his puzzle themes vary widely, I have blogged quite a few of Ifor’s puzzles in the first half of the 2010s, but this is … Read more >>
Guardian 28,442 / Brummie
An entertaining puzzle from Brummie today, with some clever and witty clues. I thought the surfaces were generally smoother and more meaningful than is sometimes the case with this setter. More often than … Read more >>
Independent 10,788 by Phi
Slightly tricky from Phi today. He’s usually here on Fridays, so there must be something going on . . .
Financial Times 16,782 by MOO
A playful and and sometimes testing Tuesday offering.
Quiptic 1,121 by Anto
It’s Anto’s turn in the Quiptic slot this week.
Independent 10,787/Tees
It always takes me a long time to blog a Tees puzzle, not because it’s exceptionally difficult, but because there are always some interesting words or references in them, so I end up … Read more >>