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Filbert is a fairly regular setter in the Independent. I enjoy his puzzles but I find them quite difficultt’ Filbert puts some well disguised definitions in the clues. Today I … Read more >>
This is Check’s second Inquisitor puzzle following a debut in a run of new setters last year. Reading the blog of Check’s first puzzle, I could see that one also involved dropping three … Read more >>
An enjoyable challenge from Grecian today.
An enjoyable solve – with favourites 19ac, 23ac, 28ac, 7dn, 15dn, and 18dn. Thanks to Matilda for the puzzle.
A fun theme puzzle from Gozo today.
This is the first ‘Cherchez la Femme’ since Azed 2,515 on August 22, 2020, which was one of the first few Azed puzzles that I ever attempted, and the first Azed “special” that I completed, so it is a particular treat for this to have come up on my turn at the blog.
With effect from Cyclops puzzle 749, the Private Eye blog will appear on Saturday rather than Monday. Saturday makes more sense since the closing date/time for entries is (presumably) midnight on Fridays.
BRADMAN provides this morning's challenge…
Carpathian brings us our Quiptic challenge today.
I haven’t been gifted a Knut puzzle to blog for ages, and was delighted to find this one in my in-tray. A delight from start to finish, with such a wide range of … Read more >>
A very quick solve for me today – in fact almost a complete write-in. Thanks to Vulcan. Across 8 ZERO-RATE Assess as having no VAT to pay, nothing to reprove (4-4)ZERO (nothing) … Read more >>
Cyclops has, serendipitously, put his finger on the pulse of the Zeitgeist this fortnight…
Another pleasing and tractable puzzle from Everyman 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 definitions … Read more >>
Thank you to Filbert. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Take boat for diving then land (8) SUBTRACT : SUB(short for “submarine”, a boat that dives under water) plus(then) TRACT(an area … Read more >>
Bluth provides today’s challenge.