A lovely SLORMGORM to begin the week..
S&B puzzle availability
Hi all, It was great to meet so many from the Fifteensquared community over the weekend in York. A good time was had by all. As they become available, I’ll post a link … Read more >>
Month: October 2022
225 30 by Egbert
Egbert seems to specialise in providing fun and relatively gentle crosswords for the well established annual Sloggers and Betters do in York. This year the title is 225 30 which clearly has a … Read more >>
Guardian Quiptic 1,198/Hectence
Always a pleasure when a Hectence turns up in the Quiptic slot on my blogging day. The surface readings are pleasingly constructed in this puzzle, which is a feature of crosswords from this … Read more >>
Independent 11,248 by Italicus
Italicus to get us going this week
Guardian Cryptic 28,902 by Anto
Anto is your Monday setter this week.
Private Eye (Cyclops / 739) Happy Surprise
In case you’re wondering, ’twas I who had the happy surprise! For the very first time, I have gone and done the puzzle in one pass! I suppose through all these years of … Read more >>
Everyman 3,967
Sunday rolls around and it’s time to blog the Everyman
Independent on Sunday 1,705/Tees
A carefully constructed and pleasing puzzle from Tees for our Sunday morning entertainment. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = anagram indicator [x] letter(s) removed … Read more >>
Independent 11,247 by Serpent (Saturday Puzzle 29 October 2022)
It’s been nearly three years since I had a Saturday Serpent to blog…too long, but ‘them’s the breaks’ in the Indy Saturday blogging schedule…anyway, there is usually something devious going on with a Serpent puzzle…
Guardian 28,895 / Vlad
I’m more used to seeing Vlad in the easier Monday slot, which we often do in our work crossword club, so it’s interesting to try a tougher challenge from this setter. As several … Read more >>
Financial Times 17,232 by Mudd
Weekend puzzle from the FT of October 22, 2022
Independent 11,246 by Phi
It’s Friday, it’s Phi-day once again.
Financial Times 17,237 by BRADMAN
A typical BRADMAN offering this Friday, with 2 clues that I have not been able to fully explain.
Guardian 28900 / Paul
The regular Guardian blogger is travelling today and unavailable to write the blog. I have ventured out of Independent and Inquisitor territory to stand in for him. Paul is a … Read more >>