New week and Italicus provides the morning brain exercise
Month: February 2025
Guardian Cryptic 29,620 by Philistine
A chewier than usual Monday puzzle.
Financial Times 17,977 by PETO
PETO kicks off the week…
Financial Times 17,976 by Rosa Klebb
Puzzle from the Weekend FT of January 15, 2025
Guardian Quiptic 1,317/Carpathian
A solver-friendly grid with clear, solver-friendly clueing and no obscurities. Carpathian is in town. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = anagram indicator [x] letter(s) … Read more >>
Independent on Sunday 1,825/Filbert
Another fine Sunday puzzle from Filbert, in a slot that he is pretty much making his own these days. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind … Read more >>
Everyman 4,086 by Everyman
Sunday so it must be a long walk for the dog (woods near Snape in Suffolk this time) then pub, beer and crossword
Azed No. 2,747 Plain
Possibly my quickest Azed solve yet.
Independent No. 11,967 by Wiglaf
Good morning everyone
Solving this grid from Wiglaf and publishing the blog has provided me with a very welcome mental holiday from house moving admin, so I’m doubly grateful for the respite as well as the challenge
Quick Cryptic 46 by Carpathian
This week’s Guardian Quick Cryptic, an 11 x 11 crossword designed to teach cryptic crosswords, which can be found here
Cyclops 797 – Greenland Hypnotist
Cyclops is perhaps a little more Cyclops-ean than usual this fortnight…
Guardian Prize 29613 / Brendan
Thanks to Brendan for the cruciverbal challenge this week.
Inquisitor Review of the Year 2023-4: The Results
Inquisitor Review of the Year 2023-4: The Results
Menu Choice
And there we have it. In the end you opted for the sausage dish in preference to the cheese and the whale-meat courses.
Listener No 4852 Genius by Degen
It seems we have a new setter here. We have something (or things) circling the perimeter and will find four words that will be removed from clues that will provide the unchecked letters.
Listener No 4852, “Genius” by Degen
A seemingly new setter this week, although from his entry over at the Listener Crossword website, it appears that he has been in a previous collaboration.