It’s spring (meteorologically, at least) and Chandler springs into action with a fine crossword for new and improving solvers.
Day: 1 March 2026
Independent on Sunday 1,879 by Filbert
Another excellent Sunday outing with Filbert.
Financial Times Sunday 134 – News by Leonidas
An excellent topically themed puzzle from Leonidas. Find it to solve online or download and print at ft.com/crossword
Everyman 4,140
A pleasant Everyman, not too difficult; sound so far as I can see, except for one minor thing that’s mentioned in the blog. There are the usual Everyman trademarks: the first letters &lit, the rhyming pair, the self-referential clue. Maybe some others but I can’t see them.
Definitions in crimson, underlined. Indicators (homophone, hidden, containment, anagram, juxtaposition, etc) in italics. Anagrams indicated *(like this) or (like this)*. Link-words in green.
Guardian Genius 272 – Qaos
The instructions seemed reasonably straightforward:
A turtle starts on a perimeter cell and moves forward cell by cell. If it lands on an L, it turns 90 degrees anticlockwise; if an R, 90 degrees clockwise; otherwise it continues in the same direction.
One word in each clue must be removed before solving; in clue order, these words’ first letters provide an extra instruction.
When the turtle exits the grid after making at least one turn, its path has traced what letter?
Gemelo No. 25 – plain
Gemelo educates and entertains.