Firstly thanks to Quirister for the swap. We arrived home safely and will now be blogging two days in a row.
Month: October 2023
Guardian Quiptic 1,246/Hectence
Well I’ll go to the foot of our stairs. The Grauniad has finally managed to publish this week’s Quiptic. A fine offering from Hectence, but we’ve waited long enough, so I’ll say no … Read more >>
Guardian 29,194 – Tramp
My first pass through the across clues left a worryingly sparse grid, but things got easier after that. Thanks to Tramp for a fun puzzle. Across 1 BALANCES Steadies one in front … Read more >>
Enigmatic Variations 1609 Neighbours by Chalicea
A perimeter to fill in from the top left. Two unclued entries to fill in and highlight the name of the speaker. Sounds straight forward-ish. Some difficult clues – mainly the uncommon words … Read more >>
Financial Times 17,540 by GOZO
Gozo is this morning's FT setter.
Guardian Cryptic 29193 Pangakupu
Thank you to Pangakupu. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Local installation always needing power during strike (4,4) BEER PUMP : [ E’ER(a poetic contraction of “ever”/always) plus(needing) P(symbol for “power” … Read more >>
Independent 11,539 by Filbert
Filbert provides our cruciverbal challenge today.
Independent 11,538 / Eccles
Eccles has filled the mid-week slot with his latest creation today. I found this to be a middle-difficulty puzzle, with a good measure of (toilet) humour and high entertainment value. I think that … Read more >>
Financial Times 17,539 by MONK
A very enjoyable puzzle from Monk this morning.
Guardian Cryptic 29,192 by Pasquale
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29192.
Inquisitor 1822: Filling Cells by Phi
How it started: How it’s going: The final grid pattern has 180-degree symmetry, but clue answers will leave three symmetrically placed blocks of cells on three rows empty. The blocks are the same … Read more >>
Guardian 29,191 / Arachne
It’s so good to see Arachne’s name again – here’s hoping that we’ll be seeing much more of her now. There’s all the usual wit and elegance on show here, with some excellent … Read more >>
Independent 11537 / Hoskins
Hoskins fills the Tuesday Independent cryptic slot this week. This being theme day, I looked first of all for albums by PRINCE in the grid but had no success. A … Read more >>
Financial Times 17,538 by BRADMAN
I think I have come up with a plausible parsing for the solutions in this offering from Bradman, but as always, I look forward to the comments.
S&B York 2023 – Friday 27th & Saturday 28th October 2023 – IMPORTANT UPDATE
S&B York 2023 – Friday 27th & Saturday 28th October 2023 – IMPORTANT UPDATE Hi again, everyone. Four weeks to go! We’re now at the stage where I need to liaise with the … Read more >>