Inquisitor 35 – Three Sixes by Loda
I lied when I said I’d solved this and lost it – I solved most of it and lost it as I discovered in my re-solve. The theme was very easy to spot … Read more >>
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Azed 1839 – fairly tough
Solving time 42:56 I used Chambers earlier than normal – after putting in about half a dozen answers. This puzzle seems to have a fairly high proportion of unfamiliar answers, which I think … Read more >>
Inquisitor 33 – Holiday by Schadenfreude
Solving time: c. 45 mins, no books, but one mistake found on checking answers After a tough battle with Kruger a couple of weeks ago, this was a straightforward “treated answers” puzzle. All the … Read more >>
Sloggers and Betters 3 – a pub and meal evening
As older readers will know, we’ve had a couple of evening meetings at London pubs for contributors to and readers of this blog, Times for the Times and Tony Sever’s RTC3. Both times, we’ve also … Read more >>
Inquisitor 31 – On a swim by Kruger
Solving time: ages! The only previous Kruger puzzle I remember was about No. 6 in the Inquisitor series, based on the Offa’s Dyke footpath and associated places – one that I found pretty … Read more >>
Inquisitor 29 – Occupation by Phi
Solving time 18:13 A very easy puzzle for me, partly because the theme tied into one of my interests. In eight theme answers, a letter had to be removed before jumbling, and the … Read more >>
Azed 1833 – Unfair to dumb blondes?
Solving time 48 mins, no Chambers until grid complete, 2 mistakes (32,33) Don Manley said in a recent comment how glad he was to see Azed returning to this blog, and mentioned the … Read more >>
FT – setters page updated
I’ve updated the setters page today with details about the FT setters.
Azed reports
Some of you will have noticed that we haven’t had many of these lately. As I write this, I’m checking which of us are happy to write Azed reports. We already have enough … Read more >>
Inquisitor 27 – BUST by Lato
I tore this one out of the paper, took it on holiday, and over-confidently left it until the day we were coming home. It turned out to be very tough – if our flight … Read more >>
Inquisitor 25 – Conclusion by Zero
Solving time: about 90 mins A fairly standard challenge here: find extra words in four across and four down clues which allow what’s presumably a quotation to be identified, and clashes between across … Read more >>
Azed 1829
Apologies for a late Azed report – can’t remember my time for this, or how much I used the big red book – I re-solved from memory after prematurely chucking the original. Across … Read more >>
Independent 6448 – Eimi
Solving time 11:40 Here’s the explanation for the gentle ribbing about “strange characters turning up on Saturday” in the comments on last week’s Virgilius puzzle. For those who don’t know, Eimi is Indie … Read more >>
Inquisitor 21 / Phi – Spooner strikes back
Solving time: 36 minutes A simple but original gimmick and fairly easy clues to non-theme words combined to make this a quick but still entertaining solve. Experience of Azed’s Spoonerism puzzles also helped … Read more >>
Independent 6418 / Nimrod – what a carry-on!
Solving time 13:40 Overseas or younger solvers will have struggled with this, but for fans of 50s/60s British comedy, it was a very good solve and full of nostalgia as you’ll see. There … Read more >>