A puzzle fraught with problems…
Month: November 2021
Inquisitor 1723: Bandits Scuppered Her Plans by Radler
Bandits Scuppered Her Plans by Radler In twelve thematic clues the entry is formed by changing the defined answer in one of two ways. Wordplay and letter counts refer to the entry. Eleven … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 28,598 by Pasquale
A tough solve, getting quite stuck a few times. Favourites today were 4ac, 11ac, and 2dn. Thanks to Pasquale for the puzzle.
Independent 10,943 by Raider
A new setter for us today: hello and welcome, Raider.
Guardian 28,597 – Vulcan
Solid Monday fare from Vulcan. Across 1 POSTBAG Many letters received after a number of animals shot (7)POST (after) + BAG (number of animals shot) 5 LOURING Scowling, dropping some flour in … Read more >>
Guardian Quiptic 1147 Pan
Thank you to Pan. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 8. Get rid of club’s fuel (8) FIREWOOD : FIRE(to get rid of/to dismiss, from a job, say) + WOOD(a type of … Read more >>
Financial Times 16,937 by SLORMGORM
SLORMGORM kicks things off this Monday morning…
Cyclops 714 – Parliamentary Conspiracy
I happened to be typing this blog up on 5-November…
Independent on Sunday 1,654 by Tees
The puzzle is available here. Hi all. This is my first Tees blog for a while, although half way through the year exactly half of my Indy blogs for 2021 had been … Read more >>
Everyman 3,916
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3916.
Azed No. 2,577 Plain
I found this Azed harder than usual, probably because there were no 11 or 12 letter words in the grid.
Independent 10,942 by Rodriguez
It took us a while to get into this one but when we had finished, we wondered why.
Guardian Saturday puzzle 28,590 / Paul
It’s Paul coinciding with my monthly Saturday blogging slot again, on the day of the York S and B. I took my paper with me to read on the train, not wanting to … Read more >>
Independent 10,941 by Phi
A Phiday challenge – one of his trickier ones, I thought, but you may disagree.
Guardian 28,595 – Paul
Things didn’t click today, and I found this quite hard going throughout, but in retrospect most of the parsing is reasonably straightforward, so maybe it’s just me. Thanks to Paul. Across 1 … Read more >>