It’s Klingsor filling the Tuesday slot this week. Our last blog of a Klingsor puzzle was back in Jan 2020. We also blogged his two earlier puzzles in Nov and Dec 2019. It was a long time waiting for this next one.
Month: January 2022
Guardian Quiptic 1,156/Anto
There’s no escape from Anto today, since he’s also compiled the cryptic in the paper. This at least looked like it was written specifically as a Quiptic offering. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd … Read more >>
Independent 10,996 by Bluth
Slightly tricky for a Monday, but enjoyable as always from Bluth.
Financial Times 16,988 by SLORMGORM
The first Monday FT in a while, courtesy of SLORMGORM
Guardian Cryptic 28,650 by Anto
An enjoyable mix, with some tougher clues and tricky parsing. Favourites were 29ac, 4dn, and 25dn. Thanks to Anto for the puzzle
Everyman 3,925
A good crossword from Everyman this week. No major criticisms and few minor.
Definitions underlined, in crimson. Indicators (anagrams, homophones, hidden, etc) in italics. Anagrams indicated *(like this) or (this)*. I’d like to indicate the link-words in some way, but my fear is that I’ll make it all so complicated that it will be pointless; however, I’ll make them green (actually there aren’t many — the sign of good tight setting). Let me know if this helps.
Azed No. 2,586 Plain – Competition Puzzle
A typical Azed experience for me.
Independent on Sunday 1,663 by Wire
A middle difficulty puzzle, all is gettable but not given away. Thank you Wire.
Independent 10,995 by Knut
The puzzle is available here. Hi all. Knut lets us have our cake and eat it today, serving up a puzzle which I found not too hard but delectable. He also generously … Read more >>
Guardian Saturday Prize Crossword 28,643 by Brendan (1 January 2022)
I foolishly started trying to solve this puzzle when I went to bed, pleasantly sozzled, at about 2am on New Year’s Day. I didn’t make too much progress before nodding off, and needed a clearer head in the late morning to get it finished…
Guardian Cryptic 28,648 by Picaroon
A very enjoyable solve…
Independent 10994 / Phi
Phi gives us a puzzle with a clearly stated theme today The theme is defined by the entry at 3 down, PARLIAMENT,. A number of clues have a simple definition … Read more >>
Financial Times 16,986 by ALBERICH
A typical ALBERICH offering, challenging and enjoyable in equal parts.
Independent 10,993 by Rodriguez
An unusual grid for today’s puzzle . . .
Guardian 28,647 – Vlad
The impaler is in a fairly gentle mood today: a couple of entries may be unfamiliar, but are helpfully clued. Thanks to Vlad. Across 1 DEAN OF FACULTY Restructure due — can’t lay … Read more >>