A fun puzzle from NEO. Apologies for the late blog.
Month: February 2024
Independent 11,648 / Phi
Phi has once again supplied the Friday puzzle – no surprises there! I found this to be of medium difficulty overall and made steady progress throughout. In the end, I was left with … Read more >>
Guardian 29,301 / Pangakupu
It’s Pangakupu rounding off a week of interesting puzzles. I’ve said before that each time I solve one of this setter’s puzzles, it takes a few minutes to tune in to the wavelength … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 29,300 by Paul
An enjoyable solve, made a bit quicker by getting the very long clue early on. My favourites were 12ac, 13ac, 2dn, 7dn, 9dn, and 18dn. Thanks to Paul
Financial Times 17,650 BOBCAT
Bobcat is today's FT setter.
Independent 11647 / Hoskins
I haven’t blogged a Hoskins puzzle for a while, so it’s good to get another chance today. There were quite a lot of people referenced in the clues and in … Read more >>
Enigmatic Variations No. 1627: The Missing Link by Gaston
Gaston challenges us to find a MISSING LINK, and to ‘deal with’ a barred-off central cell… The preamble states that: “Answers to eight normal clues have the same consecutive letters (the LINK) removed … Read more >>
Independent 11,646 by Eccles
Always good to see Eccles on a Wednesday.
Guardian 29,299 – Philistine
An enjoyable puzzle where I was fooled on a couple of occasions by clues that turned out to be much simpler than I was expecting. Thanks to Philistine. Across 1 OSPREYS Birds … Read more >>
Financial Times 17,649 by BASILISK
Great solving fun from Basilisk.
Inquisitor 1840: All My Own Work by Nudd
Quite looking forward to this puzzle from Nudd. Preamble: Clues are normal but answers in every second row must be entered jumbled. The opening lines from a piece of work appear in … Read more >>
Financial Times 17648 Guy
Thank you to Guy. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. An hour after midnight, Ingrid finally satisfied (6) ATONED : [AT ONE](… o’clock/1 a.m., an hour after midnight) + last letter … Read more >>
Independent 11,645 by Tees
We have a Tees to entertain us today.
Guardian Cryptic 29,298 by Picaroon
Picaroon makes an appearance in today's Guardian slot.
Financial Times 17,647 by SLORMGORM
SLORMGORM starts off this Monday…