Puzzles where you have to modify all answers before entering them into the grid are not my favourite. It normally means that you have to “cold solve” half the clues before you can make headway. Not my strong suit, but fortunately in Ho I have an ally who is very good at this, so, after some answer swapping, I was able to make some progress. The rubric read:
Day: 9 August 2022
Independent 11177 / Bluebird
Bluebird challenges Independent solvers today. I last blogged a puzzle by Bluebird when he produced a puzzle dedicated to the setter Klingsor who sadly died recently. I made steady progress … Read more >>
Financial Times 17,168 by NEO
This is my inaugural post for Fifteensquared. Proofreading this post, I realize that I have not settled upon a consistent annotation style. I hope that these nevertheless make sense, and I welcome any comments.
Guardian Cryptic 28,831 by Chandler
I really enjoyed this. As mentioned in the Special Instructions…
Azed No. 2,616 Plain
A plain Azed that gave me a bit of trouble.