Financial Times 12,731 (Dogberry)
Having recently blogged a SHED puzzle from the Guardian, this DOGBERRY was also very enjoyable. Across 1 MUSTER: ER after MUST 4 CHAMPION: H in CAMPION 9 HERNIA: IN reversed in HERA 10 … Read more >>
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Guardian 24,348 (Shed)
Across 1 RIDICULE: CID (reversed) in RULE containing I 9 ANIMUS: NIM (old game) in AUS 10 AGATHA: AA aroung GATH (gun) 11 HIGH JUMP: a field event and what the doomed man … Read more >>
Financial Times 12,726 (Gozo)
Across 1 LAST WORD: &Lit 5 ABIDES: AB (sailor) + IDES (fateful date) 9 BUTTER UP: BUTTERcUP without the ‘c’ (top of carpel) 10 TISSUE: anagram of SUITES 13 DISCARDED: DISC + anagram … Read more >>
Financial Times 12,725 (Cinephile)
Across 1 VERBAL: hidden in oVERBALance 5 PERISHED: PERI + SHED 9 STRAIGHT: double definition 10,29 BREATHTAKING: &Lit 12 HONORARY: NOR (and not) in HOARY 14 WATER BUFFALO: anagram of WAFFLER ABOUT 18 … Read more >>
Financial Times 12,721 (Adamant)
Across 1 DEMOCRATIC: DEMOCRAT (like Hillary Clinton) + IC (in charge) 9 OPAL: OP (work) + A L (a beginner) 10 FENESTRATE: anagram of ERNEST in FATE 11 STATUS: S US (South America) … Read more >>
Financial Times 12,715 (Sleuth)
Across 1 BECKETT: reference to Samuel Beckett and Thomas Becket 5 ABOARD: A BOARD 6 ADORATION: anagram of A TRIO in A DON 9 BLURB: BLUR + B (book) 11 KABUL: hidden in … Read more >>
Guardian, 24334 (Puck)
Across 1 HEATER: (t)HEATER 4 SCOWLING: COW in SLING 9 GOYAS: GOY (gentile) + AS 10 CASANOVAS:A NOVA in CASS. Giovanni Jacopo is Casanova but not sure if I have the decode right … Read more >>
Financial Times 12,701 (Quark)
Across 1 SECOND THOUGHTS: SECOND (back) THOUGHTS (ideas) 9 ERSATZ: anagram of RATES + Z (last letter) 10 BANDSMAN: &Lit 13 ARCANE: CAN in anagram of ERA 15 SHED: double definition 16 CROUTON: … Read more >>
Guardian 24,320 (Arachne)
Across 1 TESTAMENT: the male organ is presumably STAMEN but I can’t get offensive from TET 9 THE BEGGARS OPERA: anagram of A BERG’S GREAT HOPE 10 ROUT: gROUT firing German (g) 14 … Read more >>
Financial Times 12,698 (Bradman)
Across 1 CONSCRIPTS: CON (study) + SCRIPTS 7 SEAN: SEdAN being heartless 10 DOLLS HOUSE: anagram of HULL DOES SO 11 CARPAL: CARP + ALl (almost all) 12 TWITCHER: WITCH in TER 13 … Read more >>
Guardian, 24317 (Gordius)
Across 1 JETSAM: SAM (American) after JET 8 ITCHIER: anagram of RICH TEa + I; you need to replace the “a” with an “i” (one for a) 9 HACKSAW: HACK (reporter) + SAW … Read more >>
Financial Times 12,689 (Highlander)
Across 1 POTATO: PO + TAT + O 4 TAKES OFF: double definition 9 ELATED: ALE (reversed) + TED 10 COMPOSED: double definition 12 CRUSADER: CRU + anagram of READS 14 NEATER: N … Read more >>
Financial Times 12,686 (Sleuth)
Across 1 GAINSBOROUGH: the town profits; the borough gains 8 IBERIAN:(l)IBERIAN, African country without left (l) 9 BEARS UP: E in BAR + SUP 11 DONNISH: IN NOD (reversed) + SH 13 NADAL: … Read more >>
Financial Times 12,685 (Jason)
Across 10 REFRAIN: double definition 11 X RAYING:X + RAY + IN + G 12 SCENE:sounds like ‘seen’ 13 USUALNESS: anagram of UNLESS USA 14 BOTTLE OPENER: &Lit 18 ELECTRIFYING: ELECT + anagram … Read more >>
Financial Times 12,683 (Armonie)
Across 5 BASSOON: BAS(s) and SOON 9 EXTRA: EX and ART reversed 10 GOLDCREST: G and OLD and C and REST 11 ARISTOTLE: anagram of TRIES A LOT 13 EXTOL: in sussEX TOLkien … Read more >>