Financial Times 14,619 – Dante

Monday Prize Crossword/May 12 Familiar start to the FT week by Dante. However, there is one clue (1d) in which something seems to be missing unless I am on the wrong track. Definitions … Read more >>

Guardian 26,265 / Paul

I started solving this puzzle before breakfast but had to break off and go and have some! Nothing too taxing but lots of fun and some lovely clues. Many thanks, Paul Across 1 … Read more >>

Financial Times 14626 Armonie

(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.)   A straightforward and enjoyable puzzle from … Read more >>

Independent 8,610 by Radian

A high-quality crossword from Radian which took me longer than it should have done in retrospect, since the clues are generally quite clear, as witness the fact that many of the explanations below have been explained without words.

The theme is 18ac words, of which we have examples in 11ac (probably), 25ac, 13dn, 15dn, 19dn and no doubt several others that I can’t immediately see. There are some words, like 4dn or 23dn, whose letters are formed in a certain way, but they are not so far as I know 18ac words.

Definitions in italics.

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