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kenmac IMPORTANT (updated) I’ve now changed the security level from “critical” to “high”. Thanks all for your indulgence. Many of you will have experienced slow response times and/or error messages on Monday. This morning, … Read more >>
All perimeter entries are words derived by modifying their clue answers in a consistent way. A two-word phrase, from which the puzzle title has been derived in the same way, must be written under the grid. All other clues contain an extra letter. Those extra letters in the clues to 4- and 5-letter answers, read in clue order, describe which non-perimeter letters must be identified; likewise those from clues to 6-, 7- and 8-letter answers explain what must then be done.
Anyone who watched the last Only Connect of 2024 may be wondering about the crossword which was displayed prominently in the foreground. Victoria referenced it during the show. Here are links to the … Read more >>
Listener blogs coming soon Beginning with the Listener puzzle from December 14th (no. 4846), Listener blogs will appear here three weeks after the publication date. Thus the blog (no. 4846) will be scheduled … Read more >>
The 3D Cryptics Calendar is now on sale. It features new and inventive puzzles by (among others) Enigmatist, Paul, Shark and Vlad, supplying the witty and devious clues you would expect, alongside often … Read more >>
This page is for the discussion of general crossword related matters and other topics of interest. Comments posted before 03/11/24 can be found here. This post is now closed. New comments can be … Read more >>
Intruders by Phi Each of the ten “Intruder” clues leads to an answer modified before entry by the removal of a letter, with the gap closed to form a new word to be … Read more >>
Twenty-five clues contain a misprint in the definition. In clue order, corrections spell two instructions from one unclued entry to the other. Answers to 10 further clues must be thematically altered before entry per a third instruction. In the filled grid, solvers must highlight a target of this instruction (six cells). Numbers in brackets refer to unmodified answer lengths.
Passed On by Jaques One word in each across clue must be cut short before solving. In clue order the removed letters give two lines of a verse, missing some words, followed by … Read more >>
**UPDATE**
Left and right superscripts indicate the category for across and down entries respectively. Within each category, clues are given in the usual grid order. In four cells answers clash. Solvers must resolve each clash to form a theme word and enter just its first letter, spelling the name of the pub. Winners get a round of drinks.
Apologies for the lateness and brevity.