Morning everyone, and happy Saturday
My third outing blogging a grid by Bluth, who is normally a setter I enjoy solving with their gentle style and clever clue constructions.
Month: May 2024
Guardian Quick Cryptic 6 by Maskarade
Financial Times (Jumbo) 17,725 by Julius
My first blog of an FT puzzle – it seems they put out an extra cryptic last weekend, a 23×23 Jumbo, presumably for all that extra time people would have on their hands with the Bank Holiday! The regular FT blogger couldn’t fit this into his schedule, so he put it out to tender…
FT 17,726 by Pedrock
Puzzle from the Weekend FT of May 4, 2024
Guardian Prize 29,374 / Brockwell
Brockwell seems to be a fairly recent addition to The Guardian stable of setters, but I have blogged quite a few crosswords set under his alter ego Grecian in The Independent series. … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 29379 Pasquale
Thank you to Pasquale. Definitions are underlined in the clues. ACROSS 1. Flimsy stuff mostly rejected by one wanting firm material (6) CALICO : Reversal of(… rejected) “lace”(flimsy stuff/a fine open fabric) minus … Read more >>
Independent 11,726 by Phi
It’s the end of the week and who do we expect to be setting the puzzle today……
Financial Times 17,731 LEONIDAS
A tough puzzle from LEONIDAS this Friday.
Independent 11,725 / Monk
Monk has supplied this week’s Thursday teaser. It is a while since I have blogged a puzzle by Monk, and I always find his work challenging. This puzzle was no exception, and it … Read more >>
Financial Times 17,730 GOZO
Gozo is today’s setter
Guardian Cryptic 29,378 by Imogen
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29378.
Enigmatic Variations No. 1640: Diplomatic Ties by Check
Hi everybody, and welcome to EV 402 + 40.
Financial Times 17,729 by IO
It’s IO! Love or hate this setter, he is one of a kind.
Guardian 29,377 /Carpathian
Carpathian continues her travels around the various categories of Guardian puzzle (always welcome in any one of them) and settles today in the Cryptic slot. I’ve had a few days completely away from … Read more >>
Independent 11524 / Atrica
Atrica fills the Wednesday Independent slot this week. Wednesday’s in the Independent are often theme free, but Atrica puzzles often have a theme, so I wondered what would happen today. … Read more >>