Chalicea starts a new year of Inquisitor puzzles
Month: January 2025
Independent 11,939 by Crosophile
Crosophile provides our Tuesday challenge.
Guardian 29,591 – Qaos
Tuesday fun from Qaos, including one of his trademark numerical clues (and a couple of other mathematical references). Thanks to Qaos. .. and of course a theme: I was tipped off by seeing … Read more >>
Financial Times 17,948 by FLIMSY
With today’s offering from Flimsy, I breezed through the left half and had to mull over the right half a bit, but ultimately, nothing too surprising popped up.
Financial Times 17,947 by MOO
MOO kicks of the week…
Independent 11,938/Shabbo
A sound cryptic from Shabbo which fits the Monday slot well. Nothing to frighten the horses, and probably one I’d recommend to those solvers who are regularly managing the Quiptic, which appears in … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 29,590 by Vulcan
A gentle start to the week.
Financial Times 17,946 by Leonidas
Puzzle from the Weekend FT of January 11, 2025
Independent on Sunday No. 1820 by Filbert
Good morning everyone.
Do not adjust your set; it’s a double helping of me this weekend. Unless you’ve just woken up to the sound of “I got you babe“, in which case it’s Saturday and you’ve got bigger issues to worry about.
Quiptic 1,312 by Anto
Anto appears in his regular spot setting this week’s Quiptic – with nothing too outrageous and some neat anagrams. The crossword can be found here.
Everyman 4,081/5 January
Another sound Sunday puzzle from Everyman, with the usual trademarks which I am sure you will have discovered for yourself if you are a regular solver. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition … Read more >>
Azed No. 2,742 Plain – Competition Puzzle
Some of the clues in this week’s Azed felt a bit quirkier than usual. I think that I have provided a fair parsing for everything, but I look forward to any further elucidation that might be forthcoming in the comments.
Independent No. 11,937 by Tyrus
A grid from Tyrus to fire up a cold weekend.
Quick Cryptic 41 by Picaroon
This is the forty-first Guardian Quick Cryptic, a series of 11 x 11 crosswords designed to support beginners learning cryptic crosswords. The whole point of these crosswords is support and encouragement of new solvers, so special rules for these crosswords apply – see here – those rules include not posting solving times. This puzzle can be found here.
Guardian Prize 29,583 by Brummie
An unusual twist to this week’s Prize made it quite challenging.