Goliath is today’s setter.
Day: 22 September 2022
Independent 11215 / Bluth
Bluth puzzles don’t appear on set days as the puzzles by some other setters often do, so it’s no surprise to see Bluth today. I always enjoy a Bluth crossword … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 28,869 by Picaroon
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28869.
Enigmatic Variations No. 1556: Limitations by Jaques
Hi, intrepid EV-ers, and congratulations on securing access to the puzzle despite the LIMITATIONS those in charge at the paper have introduced. (Not the EV or puzzles editors, I hasten to add – their skills and commitment to the series have steered it through this far.) Before getting to the puzzle, I must give a big thank you to my fellow blogger mc_rapper for supplying me with a copy, complete with perfectly OCR-ed clues.
The two previous Jaques puzzles I’ve had the pleasure of blogging should have put me in a good frame of mind for this one but, perhaps because blogging the EV gets a smidge less fun with every attempt to kill it, I didn’t get around to starting this until Tuesday evening. I was lucky that it wasn’t a monster! Instead, it was all most enjoyable with a satisfying ending.
Financial Times 17,196 by Artexlen
Non-prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of September 10, 2022 I was on holiday last week so solved this one very slowly. 1a (BAMBINOS) was my first in and I have forgotten which … Read more >>