It’s Dill today – this is only our second blog of a Dill puzzle. Our first was in September 2020..
Month: June 2023
Financial Times 17,452 by ARTEXLEN
ARTEXLEN kicks things off this week…
Nottingham S&B puzzle by Median
Median’s crossword for the Nottingham S&B can be found HERE Median has given us a themed puzzle, with a rubric pointing us to 12 across as the basis of the theme, with 11 … Read more >>
Independent 11,452/Tees
A fine puzzle from Tees and what I would describe as a typical Monday Indy offering – not overly taxing for a reasonably experienced solver. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad … Read more >>
Guardian Quiptic 1,232/Bartland
One of the comparatively new setters of the Quiptic, Bartland, has the ‘for beginners and those in a hurry’ puzzle for us today. This one hit the spot for me this morning. Abbreviations … Read more >>
Guardian 29,106 – Carpathian
A very straightforward puzzle that wouldn’t have been out of place in the Quiptic spot, with elegant and soundly-constructed clues throughout. Thanks to Carpathian. Across 1 GLASSES Girls with good spectacles (7)G … Read more >>
Financial Times Sunday No.8 – News by Julius
Julius returns as the setter for the June edition of the monthly News Puzzle. Find it on the FT website to print or solve interactively, or via the smartphone app.
Independent on Sunday 1,739 by Hoskins
After a few tougher Sundays a gentle Hoskins
Everyman 4,000
It’s convenient that The Observer is today carrying an article about the Everyman which lists the setters — it says it started with Ximenes, who was Colin Macnutt: in fact he was Derrick Macnutt, which Everyman knows because he’s in the grid; there was Alec Robins, Dorothy Taylor, Allan Scott (who is there as ASCOT, also Alan Connor himself perhaps) and Colin Gumbrell. Because of the need to fit these names in, Everyman has apparently missed out on the usual rhyming clues and the self-referential clue. Can anyone say who Philippa is?
I thought this was trickier than usual, but it was a good crossword and there are no major gripes.
Definitions in italics, underlined. Indicators (homophone, hidden, reversal, etc.) in italics. Anagrams indicated *(like this) or (like this)*. Link-words in green.
Azed No. 2,661 Plain
The usual sound offering from Azed. I don’t think there is any clue that I question.
Definitions underlined in crimson. Anagram indicators in italics. Anagrams indicated *(like this) or (like this)*.
East Midlands S&B Nottingham 24th June – change of venue
SAME DATE – CHANGE OF VENUE Unfortunately, we have discovered that the Pitcher & Piano has changed its priorities post-pandemic and no longer stocks real ales or cask beers, and also is not … Read more >>
Independent 11,451 by Wire
Wire provides the Saturday challenge this week – and we, together with Eileen and Pierre, are hosting the S&B get-together in Nottingham from 11am at ‘The Embankment’ pub, Trent Bridge – see you there?
Private Eye ( Cyclops / 755 ) Public Order Disaster
As is usual from Cyclops the clue surfaces are at their story-telling best, and in the usual Private Eye style giving the usual suspects a knocking. Solving was, in retrospect, usual, but only … Read more >>
Guardian Saturday Prize Crossword 29,099 by Picaroon (17 June 2023)
To paraphrase an old slogan, ‘…p-p-p-pick up a Picaroon…’ – which I have done for a second Saturday prize slot in a row…not that I’m complaining…
Financial Times 17,445 by Dante
Weekend puzzle from the FT of June 17, 2023