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(Please click here for this same blog but with a picture quiz added. Please do NOT post hereinbelow any comment relating to the picture quiz. Thank you.) I found this a bit hard … Read more >>
(Please post comments on ONLY the picture quiz hereinbelow. To post comments on the crossword puzzle, please click here.) I found this a bit hard for a Sunday, having had to come back to … Read more >>
In six-and-a-half years of blogging Azed, this is the first time the luck of the draw has brought me a Christmas puzzle. I was a bit apprehensive at the prospect, as some of … Read more >>
As the old year comes to an end a last Saturday crossword of the year from Klingsor. And a special puzzle for Klingsor with the first 4 across answers showing “Fiftieth Puzzle for … Read more >>
After the slog of the big Christmas crossword, this was a welcome relief – a fun and fairly quick solve, lots of excellent clues as you can always expect from Paul. Happy New … Read more >>
Some pre-festive fun and frivolity from Nestor… I think I quite enjoyed this at the time, but with the extended submission date (and my usual last-minute blogging), not to mention all the actual … Read more >>
First of all, apologies for not alerting fellow EV solvers to the early entry date for this puzzle. Although I saw that mc had put up a placeholder last week, I didn’t think … Read more >>
A pretty straightforward offering from Paul this morning but several clues raised a wry smile. Thanks, Paul – I enjoyed it. Across 1 Deals on wheels? (7) TRAFFIC Double / cryptic definition … Read more >>
My pleasure to blog a Gaffle as the first FT grid of the New Year 2015 – and like all others before it from the globetrotter, an absolute delight to tackle.
We’ve now blogged two Phi puzzles in a row – not that we are complaining, there was a lot to enjoy as usual today. Some lovely smooth surfaces as expected – we particularly … Read more >>
Another fairly late posting today, as, hardly surprisingly, I was not up with the lark this New Year’s Day! Donk has supplied the first cruciverbal challenge of 2015, and what a challenge it … Read more >>
An extremely pleasant surprise to see Arachne again. 22ac my favourite of an excellent bunch. Happy New Year, all.
Puzzles 1367 – 1418
For the second year running it has fallen to me to blog the Christmas special by Maskarade, who now occupies Araucaria’s place as the compiler of the holiday special puzzle. This was a … Read more >>
Prize crossword from the FT of December 20, 2014 Due to a mistake on my part stemming from the unusually small print on this special crossword, this blog was published about a day … Read more >>