It’s a while since we blogged a Hoskins.
Guardian 29,011 / Boatman
It’s a few months since I blogged a Boatman puzzle and I enjoyed this challenge – perhaps a little less tricky than he can be. There is an overt theme of drink, in … Read more >>
Month: March 2023
Financial Times 17351 Artexlen
Thank you to Artexlen. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Afterthought to take in concerning old forecast (8) PRESAGED : PS(abbrev. for “postscript”, an afterthought/an additional remark at the end of … Read more >>
Azed No. 2,645 Plain
A typical Azed plain.
Financial Times 17,350 by BOBCAT
BOBCAT kicks the week off…
Guardian Cryptic 29,010 by Carpathian
A pleasant Monday solve – favourites 13ac, 14ac, 5dn, 10dn, and 20dn. Thanks to Carpathian for the puzzle
Guardian Quiptic 1,216/Anto
There were some carefully-constructed clues in this Quiptic from Anto, but as so often with this setter, a number of imprecisions which would have made it harder – and more frustrating – for … Read more >>
Independent 11,356 by Gila
After a few bruising Filberts a gentle Monday crossword from Gila today
Everyman 3,984
A good crossword from Everyman, not quite so easy as last week’s I found, but not too bad. It looks to me as if he has given up on the alliterative clues (remarkably clever while they lasted, but one must run out of such things) — the grid has very little colour in it — and instead has disciplined himself to having whole-word anagrams; or at any rate a large proportion of them. It’s hard enough to fill a grid and set a crossword without all these extra restrictions (the ‘primarily’ clue, the self-reference, now this anagram thing, and no doubt more that I haven’t noticed) that he imposes on himself.
Definitions underlined, in crimson. Anagram indicators shown like this *(anagram) or (anagram)*, indicators (homophone, reversal, anagram, juxtaposition etc) in italics, link-words in green.
Independent on Sunday 1,723 by Laccaria
Poor Laccaria, three Indys, three blogged by me.
Guardian Genius 236 – Pangakupu
Pangakupu, alias Phi of the Independent, is a fairly recent addition to the Guardian stable: this is his third Genius puzzle. It was apparent that the letter counts in some clues didn’t match … Read more >>
Independent 11,355 by Raider
The puzzle is available here.
Financial Times 17,342 by Julius
Weekend puzzle from the FT of February 25, 2023
Guardian Saturday Prize Crossword 29,003 by Brendan (25 February 2023)
Well, I’ll be doggone! Not sure if last Saturday was ‘International Dog Appreciation Day’ or something, but Brendan has woven an impressive number of doggie references into the clues for this puzzle…
Financial Times 17,348 by ROSA
A fun challenge from ROSA this Friday.