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This was the second puzzle that Postmark submitted at the recent S&B event at Nottingham. Postmarks’s puzzle and parsing can be found here Once again, smooth surfaces and a number of short clues … Read more >>
Postmark submitted two puzzles for the recent S&B in Nottingham. This was the first one we solved. The puzzle and Postmark’s parsings can be found here. The first thing to say is that … Read more >>
The site has come back up in the last few minutes, so I can publish this blog for today’s Harpo puzzle I’m not a regular Guardian blogger so I am … Read more >>
Today sees the publication of Phi’s latest puzzle, although with the technical problems dogging the website right now, it remains to be seen how many solvers will get to read this blog. I … Read more >>
Leonidas is today's FT compiler.
Wiglaf is a setter who makes you think. I note that many blogs of Wiglaf’s puzzles mention the word ‘challenge’. Today’s puzzle scores high on the challenge scale. There were … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29109.
Margaret Irvine (Nutmeg) – RIP I heard that Nutmeg died on Saturday after a long illness. Nutmeg set puzzles for The Guardian as well as 26 Inquisitors. Read Nutmeg’s interview in Meet The … Read more >>
Monk provides our mental workout today.
Like many of you, I was unable, throughout yesterday, to gain access to 15², until early evening and even then I kept getting the error message whenever I moved to a different page. … Read more >>
A brilliant challenge from Monk this morning.
An interesting mix of clues – my favourites were 25ac, 3dn, 17dn, and 23dn. Thanks to Anto
Good fun from Falcon this morning!
Some people are experiencing problems accessing the site today. I have found that “http://” works whereas “https://” doesn’t work. The difference is the “s” for secure. I’m trying to fix the problem as … Read more >>
Jaques is back – previous Inquisitor puzzles were last year & the year before. Preamble: Each clue contains a single misprint in its definition. The correct letters, in clue order, describe what … Read more >>