Guardian 25,004 / Puck
Apologies for the late appearance of this post but the scheduled blogger appears to have gone AWOL. A fun puzzle, which was slightly different from the norm, with a number of linked clues that … Read more >>
Gaufrid
Financial Times 13,378 / Phssthpok
This is now two tricky ones in a row. Whereas yesterday’s puzzle was hard(ish) but fair, today’s was made more difficult by some decidedly dodgy clues. I may appear to be a little … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,377 / Aardvark
Some rather tricky wordplay from Aardvark today with quite a few answers being formed from a combination of an anagram and/or parts of words. On the first run through the clues I thought … Read more >>
Guardian 24,996 / Gordius
Apologies for the belated post, the scheduled blogger has been tied up with work commitments and I didn’t get in until a short while ago to see the email he sent when he … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,371 / Cinephile
A themed puzzle from Cinephile in his customary Wednesday slot. The ‘leaving body’ indicated a ‘body with leaves’ or put more simply a tree. It helped that I tackled the down clues first so … Read more >>
Independent 7337 / Tyrus
Some rather tricky clues today which meant that this was far from a quick solve for me. With hindsight everything was fair (if you have a good knowledge of Scottish geography, the first book of the … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,365 / Io
A mixture today of some very easy clues and some that were a bit more tricky to parse. I was helped by having blogged an EV about a month ago where 22,12,24 and … Read more >>
Independent 7331 / Mass
It’s been three months since we last saw Mass but again he has come up with a themed puzzle that provided a great deal of enjoyment, at least once 8A/2 had been solved. … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,359 / Cinephile
Some unusually easy clues in today’s puzzle from Cinephile, offset by a couple that needed something a bit more than general knowledge. I found it a relatively gentle start to the morning. The … Read more >>
Everyman No 3314 (4th April)
I generally find Everyman puzzles to be on the easy side and this was no exception, though it did provide a gentle warm up in preparation for the Azed and EV. So far … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,353 / Sleuth
Nothing too difficult today so a very quick, though pleasant, solve. Only two clues required dictionary assistance to confirm the wordplay (the container in 10ac) or the answer (16dn) but both were entered … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,348 / Cinephile
Not a lot to say today. The puzzle didn’t seem to have any sparkle though my feelings about it may have been affected by the high winds and heavy rain that are making … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,344 / Falcon
Unfortunately Shuchi is unable to join us today so here is a substitute analysis. A fairly straightforward puzzle in the main but I have to admit that I had never heard of 12ac … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,342 / Hamilton
I found this to be something of a mixture, some very easy and obvious clues and others where the wordplay was convoluted and difficult to parse. The result was that about 20% of the … Read more >>
Enigmatic Variations No. 905 – Management by Samuel
I found this to be one of the hardest EVs for quite some time. Even though I got the theme fairly early on from 31ac, quickly confirmed by 12ac, it took a while … Read more >>