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We appear to have a new setter to end the year – Harpo has set us an interesting challenge. I really enjoyed this puzzle but I’m afraid I didn’t manage to get entirely … Read more >>
An unfamiliar setter’s name today, for the last Independent puzzle of the year.
REDSHANK serves up a fun challenge in the FT to close the roller coaster of a year that 2021 has been!
Another cracking set. On behalf of all of the solving team, many thanks to all the compilers for their ingenuity. PDMs aplenty, as usual! A Trivial Pursuit – III I’ve done my usual … Read more >>
This is the bumper Guardian Christmas crossword from Maskarade, which did provide us a good few days of various family members poring over it and suggesting answers, so definitely ticked the “fun holiday … Read more >>
Phi pops up on a Thursday this week – is there something special in store for us tomorrow?
I think I finished this Buccaneer…
A slow solve today, starting in the southwest corner with…
Non-prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of December 18, 2021
“All clues contain a misprint of one letter in the definition part. The correct letters in clue order give two suggestions as to the nature of the twelve unclued entries (the second of these suggestions proceeds to indicate why these particular entries might be BURNED OUT). Chambers Dictionary (2016) is recommended; all entries are real words or phrases.”
A wonderful puzzle from Io. Thank you Io.
If you fancy a go the puzzle can be printed here…
A tricky puzzle from Boatman today, though maybe not reaching the level of one self-describing answer. There’s an obvious theme of punctuation marks, found in many of the clues and some of the … Read more >>
Eccles has provided a puzzle for the last Wednesday slot of 2021. After some of the tougher cruciverbal challenges of the Christmas weekend, it was nice to have a more accessible, but nonetheless … Read more >>
Skylark’s fifth Inquisitor. I first encountered her on her first foray into the Inquisitor genre when I blogged 1614, the Abbey Road puzzle. All her offerings have been interesting and this was no … Read more >>
Qaos is today's Guardian setter.