What has Jaques served up for us this EV week? For PIE CRUST, will we have to fil-o the grid with some unusual ingredients?…and will our efforts prove a bit flaky?!…
Month: August 2023
Guardian Cryptic 29,156 by Picaroon
Apologies for the late blog and to anyone who commented on the placeholder which has now been deleted.
Independent 11,502 by Eccles
Our Wednesday challenge this week comes from Eccles.
Financial Times 17,502 by IO
As IO goes, this was relatively gentle.
Inquisitor 1816: Gridlocked by Soup
Here is the last in the sequence of 5 debutants: Soup’s first puzzle for the Inquisitor though he has set puzzles for The Guardian. Preamble: Rows and columns represent streets, with arrows … Read more >>
Independent 11,501 by Angel
Angel fills the Tuesday slot this week – our first blog of a puzzle by this setter. We started off at a rate of knots starting in the NW corner and working anti-clockwise until we ground to a halt in the NE section. No idea why after having solved the clues.
Financial Times 17501 Bobcat
Thank you to Bobcat. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Key operative to restrain drunk at hearing (6) TYPIST : Homophone of(… at hearing) [ “tie”(to restrain/to bind) + “pissed”(slang for … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 29,155 by Soup
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29155.
Guardian 29,154 / Brendan
What a treat for a Monday – a Brendan puzzle, which always means a great start to the week for me. It didn’t take long to detect the theme – doubles, twins, etc … Read more >>
Guardian Quiptic 1,240/Pasquale
Pasquale has a well-constructed and tractable Quiptic for our entertainment this morning. Nothing to frighten the horses here, I would say, which is how it should be in this slot. An unusually large … Read more >>
Financial Times 17,500 by PEDROCK
PEDROCK begins the week…
Independent 11,500 by Filbert
Filbert gets our Indy week going again after the disappointment yesterday.
Independent on Sunday 1,747 by Hoskins
Hoskins filling a fairly regular Sunday slot today to round off the week.
Everyman 4,008
Generally an enjoyable crossword, with one or two very nice clues, but in more places than usual I was a bit doubtful of the parsing. However, this may well be my own failing and no doubt I shall be corrected. I can’t find any rhyming answers but possibly 4dn and 7dn are related since they both refer to parts of the body. One might argue that six double definitions is too many.
Definitions underlined, in crimson. Indicators (reversal, anagram, containment, etc.) in italics. Anagrams shown (like this)* or *(like this). Link-words in green.
Azed No. 2,669 Plain
A plain puzzle from Azed this week.