Deuce gives us a number of instructions in eight lines of preamble.
Financial Times 18,049 by GAFF
A proper headscratcher from GAFF this Friday.
Guardian 29690 / Vlad
It’s Vlad throwing down the challenge today …
Independent 12,038 by Phi
It’s Phiday again!
Independent 12,037 / Stamp
Stamp has provided today’s puzzle and is one of those setters whose work I have the least experience of solving and blogging.
Guardian Cryptic crossword No 29,689 by Kite
A nice mix of clues and quite tricky in parts…
Financial Times 18,048 by STEERPIKE
Steerpike is this morning's setter.
Enigmatic Variations No. 1692: Anonymous by Ifor
Hello! This week it’s A-for-Anonymous …
Guardian 29,688 – Brockwell
Hello from Glencoe, where I’m spending what promises to be an unusually rain-free walking holiday. Fortunately I was not massacred by today’s very enjoyable puzzle, though a couple of bits of parsing had me stumped for a while. Thanks to Brockwell.
Independent 12036 / Eccles
A puzzle by Eccles in the Independent on Wednesday is now becoming a tradition.
Financial Times 18047 by NEO
I seldom blog Financial Times crosswords, so a NEO crossword is fairly new to me, but I believe he/she is a regular setter
The Lady’s setter setting up online
In the wake of the recent demise of what was Britain’s longest-running women’s magazine, The Lady, its former compiler Bert Baker has set up a Patreon page where ex-Lady folk and anyone else interested can subscribe to receive his puzzles each month.
Inquisitor 1905: Rounders by Ifor
Ifor specialises in setting barred crosswords. Fifteensquared has blogs about his crosswords in all of the Inquisitor, Enigmatic Variations and Listener series. Today’s puzzle is his 52nd Inquisitor crossword since his debut in January 2011.
Independent 12,035 by Lette
I believe this is the third Independent puzzle from Lette, whose first was in January.
Cryptic crossword No 29,687 by Pasquale
A gentle offering from Pasquale this morning.