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Guardian 26,573 / Philistine

Sat May 23, 2015 at 12:01 am by mhl

A fun prize puzzle, this week from Philistine. (I think I’ve been quite lucky in getting good puzzles to post about on the prize puzzle rota, since the weekday Guardian crosswords I’ve done … Read more >>

Enigmatic Variations No. 1173: 21 7s by Shark

Sat May 23, 2015 at 12:00 am by Shenanigans

This week, there was the second Shark puzzle since the clocks went forward at the end of March. It probably meant that we had a date-related theme in front of us. I’ve had … Read more >>

Financial Times 14,937 by ALBERICH

Sat May 23, 2015 at 12:16 amFri May 22, 2015 at 11:43 am by Turbolegs

A fantastic puzzle from Alberich which I got around to solving only pretty late in the day. But it was well worth the wait, with an eclectic mix of innovative cluing and precise wordplay. Thorough enjoyed this. Had to google to confirm a couple of responses but otherwise all good !!

Guardian 26,578 / Screw

Fri May 22, 2015 at 12:56 pmFri May 22, 2015 at 10:16 am by Eileen

Another tough but entertaining work-out from Screw. Looking back at the preamble to my blog of his last puzzle, I see that I mentioned how the parsing came rather later in some cases … Read more >>

Independent 8924 / Phi

Fri May 22, 2015 at 6:24 pmFri May 22, 2015 at 8:02 am by Bertandjoyce

Phi-day again, and the usual well-crafted puzzle. We always look for a theme or nina in Phi’s puzzles, but initially we couldn’t see either in this one. However, Phi is playing … Read more >>

Independent 8,923 / Klingsor

Thu May 21, 2015 at 11:51 am by RatkojaRiku

Klingsor has provided us with our cruciverbal workout this Thursday. I thoroughly enjoyed this puzzle, finding it medium-to-hard on the difficulty scale and definitely a puzzle that I had to chip away at, … Read more >>

Guardian 26,577 by Qaos

Thu May 21, 2015 at 10:45 am by manehi

Lots of nice clues and surfaces…

Financial Times 14,936 by WANDERER

Thu May 21, 2015 at 5:31 am by David and Linda

A pleasant opening to the day. Thanks, Wanderer

Financial Times 14,927 – Falcon

Thu May 21, 2015 at 12:05 am by Sil

Monday Prize Crossword/May 11, 2015

A friendly Falcon crossword, surely very much welcomed by those who miss the Everyman old style. It can be found here , just in case.

Financial Times 14,926 by Mudd

Thu May 21, 2015 at 3:39 amThu May 21, 2015 at 12:01 am by Pete Maclean

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of May 9, 2015 Another fine Mudd this time, one that proved just a little more challenging than average for me with a couple of terms I … Read more >>

Financial Times 14,935 by MAGWITCH

Wed May 20, 2015 at 9:55 am by PeeDee

A good old fashioned crossword from Magwitch. Sometimes setters seem to be falling over themselves to be novel and inventive (which of course is a good thing) but I also like getting the some quality plain puzzles to solve and blog too. I feel they get a bit overlooked. Thank you Magwitch.

Guardian 26,576 – Paul

Wed May 20, 2015 at 11:28 amWed May 20, 2015 at 8:50 am by Andrew

I usually don’t have too much trouble with Paul’s puzzles these days, but I found this one hard to get started on, and then hard to finish. Looking back, there’s nothing particularly obscure, … Read more >>

Independent 8922 / Dac

Wed May 20, 2015 at 7:30 am by duncanshiell

Dac’s strength lies in his very subtle misdirection through the surface reading of his clues. The wordplay in Dac’s clues is very rarely complex although there were a couple of … Read more >>

Inquisitor 1385: ICE by Schadenfreude

Wed May 20, 2015 at 12:01 am by duncanshiell

The sight of the name Schadenfreude tends to strike fear into the mind of a blogger when he or she first sees it as the setter of puzzle to be blogged, but there is … Read more >>

Independent 8,921 by Anax

Tue May 19, 2015 at 10:21 am by John

Anax usually appears on Saturdays in the Independent, or so it seems, but he has put in a welcome weekday appearance today. This is the usual excellent production (I would say that wouldn’t I, since he may well be at the S&B later today; but of course it’s true). It wasn’t at all easy, but Anax seldom is; I think I’ve just about understood everything, but there are one or two slightly dodgy parsings which I trust will be explained properly by someone.

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