A largely unobjectionable offering from Falcon today – and I learned a new word, which is always nice.
Guardian 26,374 – Chifonie
A typically straightforward puzzle from Chifone, with the usual preponderance of charades. Perhaps a couple of slightly obscure answers, but nothing to delay regular solvers for long. … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,727 – Dante
Monday Prize Crossword/Sep 15 This is indeed last week’s Prize Crossword but it wasn’t published in the newspaper itself. The FT mistakingly printed off a repeat of IO’s lovingly made tribute to Robin Williams. … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,726 by Dogberry
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of September 13, 2014 The top-left of this puzzle was tricky but on the whole it was a jolly good one with some nifty clues, especially 8a … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,735 by IO
Another themed puzzle from Io, trickier than the one I blogged a couple of weeks ago. There are still some explanations that I am not sure about so any help in getting to the bottom of these would be appreciated.
Independent 8719/Quixote
Quixote setting and me blogging on a Wednesday? The Indy crossword world is upside down. Not really: Quixote seems to be taking over the last Wednesday of the month slot; and I’m off … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1351: How to spell CAT by Phi
Preamble: Six words, occupying three rows of the grid in total, are clued without their common definition. Using that common definition, with particular reference to one of the six and an answer elsewhere … Read more >>
Independent 8,718 / Scorpion
Scorpion has filled today’s slot with a puzzle that befits Ryder Cup week. References to golf abound in this puzzle, either in clues – e.g. 4, 25D – or solutions – e.g. 8, … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,734 by ARMONIE
Nice and easy crossword. Lots of lovely clues with good surface stories throughout. Thanks ARMONIE
Guardian 26,372 by Otterden
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26372.
Guardian Quiptic 775 Provis
(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.) Sorry for the late blog, as … Read more >>
Guardian Quiptic 775 with Picture Quiz
(Please post comments on ONLY the picture quiz hereinbelow. To post comments on the crossword puzzle, please click here.) Sorry for the late blog, as this puzzle was indexed wrongly on the Guardian … Read more >>
Independent 8,717 by Crosophile
A sweet musical interlude from Crosophile today
Guardian 26,371 / Rufus
A bit of a mixture from Rufus today – mostly straightforward but one or two [22ac, 23dn] needed a bit more thought. As usual, a number of double and cryptic definitions – but … Read more >>