It’s not often that we see Goliath on a Wednesday, and not often that I find him as tricky as I did this morning.
Month: July 2024
Guardian 29,449 – Pangakupu
A fairly straightforward puzzle this morning, with the four multi-light downs providing lots of helpful crossing letters. Thanks to Pangakupu. Pangakupu puzzles usually have a Maori word or phrase hidden in the grid, … Read more >>
Independent 11796 / Eccles
Every second Wednesday, Eccles comes along with an Independent cryptic puzzle to challenge us. There was good mix of vocabulary in today’s puzzle. I had LAMPOONING in at 9 across … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1865: Hero to Zero by eXternal
eXternal is a prolific setter of Inquisitor puzzles with interesting themes and cluing devices. Today, the preamble told us that a letter must be reinstated in each of 36 clues. The … Read more >>
Independent 11,795 by Vigo
Vigo provides our Tuesday entertainment this week.
Guardian Cryptic 29,448 by Qaos
Qaos is the setter of the Guardian puzzle this morning.
Financial Times 17,801 by SOLOMON
Solomon is a recent addition to the FT stable, and is definitely a setter with his own style, as demonstrated by a number of today’s clues. By no means an easy solve.
Financial Times 17,800 by SLORMGORM
SLORMGORM kicks off the week…
Independent 11,794/Filbert
Filbert on two consecutive days in the daily Independent. Not illegal, but certainly uncommon. A fine puzzle, which I enjoyed teasing out and finally completing. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 29,447 by Vulcan
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29447.
Financial Times Sunday No.51 – News by Buccaneer
It’s been an eventful month. Here it Is in crossword form – find it to solve online at ft.com/crossword
Quiptic 1,288 by Pasquale
Lovely Quiptic from Pasquale, who produces a range of puzzles at different levels. The crossword can be found here
Azed No. 2,718 Plain
Apart from a couple of quibbles noted below, I found this pretty straightforward.
Everyman 4,057/21 July
Nothing really to frighten the horses with here, which is as it should be. One or two where it took me a while to see where Everyman was coming from, but I think … Read more >>
Independent on Sunday 1796 Tees
Thank you to Tees. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Groovy district in an English county? (7) RUTLAND : RUT-LAND(how you might describe a district/a region that has ruts/grooves in it). … Read more >>