Weekend puzzle from the FT of January 21, 2023
Month: January 2023
Independent 11,324 by Phi
Our regular Phiday puzzle.
Guardian Cryptic 28,978 by Picaroon
A tricky and fair puzzle, with quite a few favourites including 9ac, 10ac, 19ac, 24ac, 6dn, 8dn, and especially 16dn. Thanks to Picaroon
Financial Times 17,316 by ZAMORCA
A brisk challenge from ZAMORCA to end this work week.
Guardian 28,977 – Fed
An entertaining puzzle from Fed today, with a lot of easier clues, but a few that got me thinking, and a couple of unfamiliar terms. Thanks to Fed. Across 9 LAPLANDER Northerner‘s … Read more >>
Independent 11,323 by Wiglaf
Wiglaf brings us the Thursday challenge this week ……..
Enigmatic Variations No. 1573 Capital by Vismut
Across clues have an extra letter to spell out a name and a decoration. Seven down clues have a redundant word described by two words in a book title in the middle of … Read more >>
Financial Times 17,315 by CHALMIE
Chalmie is our setter this morning.
Guardian Cryptic 28,976 by Imogen
Apologies for the late blog. I am attending a funeral today, and the crossword completely slipped my mind.
Independent 11,322 / Eccles
Eccles has provided a medium-difficulty puzzle for this mid-week slot, on an unusual grid with limited variety in terms of entry length. I made swift progress through this enjoyable puzzle, with the NE … Read more >>
Financial Times 17,314 by BRADMAN
Thanks to Bradman for this morning’s challenge.
Inquisitor 1786: Seen From a Window by Hedge-sparrow
A whole host of instructions to follow in this week’s preamble: A character or (in one case) a word must be removed from each clue before solving: these spell out two instructions. Of … Read more >>
Independent 11321 / Tees
Tees provides the Tuesday challenge this week Tuesday is theme day in the Independent and we have a clear theme today with the puzzle being a tribute to PELE [1940 … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 28,975 by Brummie
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28975.
Financial Times 17,313 by GURNEY
Some clever clues today from Gurney . . .