GUY decided to make Friday a tough end to the weekend. 🙂
Month: October 2024
Guardian Cryptic 29,505 by Kite
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29505.
Guardian 29,504 / Paul
It was a bit of a surprise to find this puzzle by Paul, just a couple of hours after finalising my blog of his Prize puzzle from last Saturday. We have a clearly … Read more >>
Independent 11,851 by Filbert
Filbert makes another appearance this Thursday.
Enigmatic Variations 1661 Pig Latin by Chalicea
As Autumn descends on us, Chalicea provides some indoor amusement. Extra letters in the wordplay of 27 clues should enable 13ac to be found. And 13ac should enable four statements to be completed … Read more >>
Financial Times 17,858 by JASON
Jason is today's compiler.
S&B York 2024 – Friday 25th & Saturday 26th October 2024 – IMPORTANT UPDATE
S&B York 2024 – Friday 25th & Saturday 26th October 2024 – IMPORTANT UPDATE Hi again, everyone. Four weeks to go! We’re now at the stage where I need to liaise with the … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 29,503 by Pasquale
A nice mix of clues – I especially liked 4ac, 3dn, 6dn, and 10dn. Thanks to Pasquale
Financial Times 17,857 by IO
Fantastic fun.
Independent 11,850 / Eccles
Eccles is occupying his usual mid-week slot this week. I found this to be an easy-to-medium difficulty puzzle by Indy standards, set on a grid that provides a lot of initial letters as … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1874: Stepping Out of Line by Serpent
Winter is coming. Wordplay in all but one down clue contains an extra letter that must be removed to enable solving; these letters spell a name and a location associated with an occurrence … Read more >>
Independent 11849 / Hippogryph
Hippogryph is an Independent setter who has provided 4 or 5 puzzles a year since 2022. His / her work appears in both the daily and the Sunday series. There … Read more >>
Guardian 29,502 – Qaos
A couple of tricky moments in this one, but I was helped a little by … … spotting the theme quite early on. It’s the films of Tom CRUISE, including MISSION IMPOSSIBLE, MINORITY … Read more >>
Financial Times 17,856 by PHSSTHPOK
For my first time blogging a Phssthpok puzzle, this proved to be quite the inaugural challenge, with a pleasant mix of cryptic devices.