The scheduled blogger has been unable to blog today, so I volunteered at the last minute to step in.
Day: 4 March 2025
Inquisitor 1896: Alphabets by Phi
Phi now tops the count of Inquisitor puzzles, and seems destined to extend his lead in the coming months and years. (And yes, I know there were puzzles of his & others before the name change around the beginning of 2007.)
Preamble: The puzzle celebrates a creator of multiple alphabet books, covering three such titles.
Independent 11,981 by Bluebird
Bert & Joyce are away so you’ve got me for this Bluebird puzzle
Guardian Cryptic 29,633 by Ludwig
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29633.