Azed No. 2,497 Plain
My weekly dose of obscure and interesting words, I never tire of learning them. Thank you Azed. ACROSS 1 DRESS-IMPROVER Mrs with pride’s shown off during traditional bustle (13) anagram (shown off) of … Read more >>
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Financial Times 16,457 by GOZO
Super puzzle, I enjoyed this very much. Thank you Gozo. I particularly liked the anagrams in this puzzle, very appropriate for the surface readings. Unusually for Gozo there doesn’t seem to be any … Read more >>
Financial Times 16,451 by BASILISK
Note: there is an error in the PDF version of this puzzle: 16 across should be labelled 15, 16 and 20 across should be labelled 19, 20. Other than that an entertaining puzzle. … Read more >>
Financial Times 16,446 by IO
A great puzzle form Io, but not one for the faint-hearted. After tussling with this for a long time there is one I still cannot explain. Thank you Io. ACROSS 8 STABLE COMPANION … Read more >>
Azed No. 2,494 Plain
Sorry for the late posting. All good, as usual. Thank you Azed. ACROSS 1 BADASS Tough US fish cut by heavy knife (6) BASS (fish) contains DA (heavy knife) 6 CADENT Falling for … Read more >>
Independent on Sunday 1,571 by Flitwick
A gentle puzzle. Easy like Sunday morning. Thank you Flitwick ACROSS 1 MISANTHROPE Smartphone I fixed for one who distrusts mankind (11) anagram (fixed) of SMARTPHONE and I (one) 7 AID Charity … Read more >>
Guardian Prize 28,093 by Philistine
I found this entertaining, a nice variety of clues. Thank you Philistine. ACROSS 9 HERMITAGE Tradition to include prom finale in retreat (9) HERITAGE (tradition) contains (to include) proM (final letter) 10 … Read more >>
Financial Times 16,440 by GOZO
An enjoyable puzzle from Gozo, and you won't need to get out the encyclopedia. Thank you Gozo. All the across solution are loan words from other European languages. ACROSS 1 CLICHE Old saw … Read more >>
Financial Times 16,434 by MONK
An entertaining puzzle as always from Monk, and a message? There are a lot of goodbyes in here and an ominous RETIREMENT. Is Monk about to retire? If this is really so then … Read more >>
Financial Times 16,428 by GOZO
A themed puzzle, quite taxing to finish. Thank you Gozo. The theme is rivers. I made life hard for myself by misunderstanding the instructions. I was looking for 3 down clues that were … Read more >>
Azed No. 2,491 Plain
I did not need the dictionary as much as usual this week – Azed is being kind to us. Thank you Azed. ACROSS 1 BRIDGE THE GAP To supply need, girl (saintly?) introduces … Read more >>
Financial Times 16,422 by IO
A great puzzle! Not hard by Io’s standards, but that certainly doesn’t make a puzzle easy… Thank you Io. There are various references to tea and tea making in here, but I don’t … Read more >>
Independent on Sunday 1,567 by Filbert
I began complacently, expecting the gentle puzzle the Independent usually provides for us on Sunday and got a rude awakening! Once I got over the shock I enjoyed the challenge. Thank you Filbert. … Read more >>
Guardian Prize 28,069 by Brendan
A timely puzzle, thank you Brendan. It took far too long to catch on to the theme. Probably because I had no idea what the date was. ACROSS 8, 22 down EIGHTEEN TWELVE … Read more >>
Financial Times 16,416 by JULIUS
I hope Julius will forgive me for saying this, but what a lot of rubbish! Thank you Julius. ACROSS 1 LITTER BAGS Spooner’s resentful convicts found down in the dumps (6,4) Spoonersim of … Read more >>