I don’t think I’ve come across puzzles by Madcap before,
Month: June 2025
Financial Times 18,087 by Leonidas
Puzzle from the Weekend FT of June 21, 2025
Independent on Sunday 1,843 by Filbert
Filbert is fast becoming one of my very favourite setters.
Guardian Quiptic 1,335/Chandler
Chandler is a regular but not particularly frequent setter of the Quiptic, and also produces crosswords for the Quick Cryptic slot in the Guardian.
Everyman 4,104
I thought this was rather harder than usual, but perhaps that was because I was having dreadful trouble with my mouse. The blog took longer than it usually does. The usual rhyming pair, the self-referential clue and the ‘primarily’ clue are all as usual and coloured in the diagram. Some nice clues, one or two that I don’t understand, and one or two mild criticisms.
Definitions in italics, underlined in crimson. Indicators (homophone, reversal, anagram, missing letter, etc) in italics. Anagrams indicated *(like this) or (like this)*. Link-words in green.
Azed No. 2,765 – plain
A plain puzzle from Azed.
Quiz tomorrow (Sunday)
Hi all Just a reminder that the quiz is tomorrow and that the venue has changed from the original invitation. It is a larger venue so there is still room to add people … Read more >>
Independent 12,075 by Phi
The puzzle is available to solve online or download here.
Hi all. Phi has provided an enjoyable puzzle which I found at the gentler end of his range – especially if you spot the extra feature.
Quick Cryptic 64 by Maskarade
This week’s 11 x 11 crossword from the Guardian, intended to teach cryptic crosswords, found here
Private Eye (Cyclops / 806) Podcast taboo
Is there something missing from the Eye crossword this time?
Guardian Saturday Prize Crossword 29,721 by Brummie (14 June 2025)
By my reckoning I have blogged 114 of Cyclops’ Private Eye puzzles so far, roughly every other fortnight since 2016, but only two Saturday Prize Brummies – his Grauniad alter-ego…(all super-heroes have an alter-ego, don’t they?…)
Listener No 4870 Fives by KevGar
We see that this is KevGar’s eleventh Listener crossword. KevGar have been producing them since 2012.
Guardian 29,726 by Brummie
A tough and enjoyable challenge – my favourites were 9ac, 18ac, 5dn, and 17dn. Thanks to Brummie
Independent 12074 / Magus
This is the second Independent puzzle from Magus
Financial Times 18,086 by XELA
A challenging Friday workout from XELA.