What can be said that hasn’t already been said? The usual perfect construction, with a personal slight dislike of the word ‘some’ as a hidden indicator.
Definitions in italics.
Financial Times 14,621 by WANDERER
The perfect lunchtime or coffee break crossword, very enjoyable.
Guardian Cryptic N° 26,259 by Picaroon
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26259. I thought this a splendid puzzle, with misdirection in all directions, and definitions that required much thought to see their appropriateness. Across 1. “Sun” follows this … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1332: Self-Reference by Hypnos
A welcome return by Hypnos. Thematically, 32 clues have a superfluous letter in a jumbled word in the definition part; these letters spell out the theme, illustrated by five … Read more >>
Financial Times 14620 Sayang
(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.) An enjoyable straightforward puzzle normal for … Read more >>
Financial Times 14620 with Picture Quiz
(Please post comments on ONLY the picture quiz hereinbelow. To post comments on the crossword puzzle, please click here.) An enjoyable straightforward puzzle normal for a Tuesday. Thanks to Sayang. Definitions are underlined in … Read more >>
Guardian 26,258 / Philistine
After the superb Indy puzzle from Morph yesterday, I was prepared for a bit of a let-down to solve and blog today, so I was even more than usually delighted to find Philistine’s … Read more >>
Independent 8604 / Eimi
It’s Tuesday so we were expecting something slightly out of the ordinary. What’s more – it’s our first blog of an Eimi puzzle! When we saw that the puzzle was by Eimi … Read more >>
Independent 8603 by Morph
*=anagram [] = removed e.g. char[m]=char ()=abbreviation e.g. A(mpere)=a Hom. = homophone This was a very clever idea, with the across clues being cast as nonsense limericks, a form of verse popularized by … Read more >>
Guardian Quiptic 756/Nutmeg
Nutmeg started setting for the Guardian Cryptic a while ago and her puzzles there have been well-received. But I’m glad she’s still doing the Quiptic, because she generally manages to set an accessible … Read more >>
Guardian 26,257 by Rufus
Plenty of cryptic defs and anagrams from Rufus as usual, but only a few double defs. My favourites were 24ac and 2dn.
Cyclops 520: Blocked and tackle
A puzzle with some imaginative clues — I think 4d gets my vote for best initially-deceptive wordplay, though that perhaps depends on what team you support. 19d also gets a mention. Across 7 … Read more >>
Beelzebub 1,261
This seemed to be around the middle of the difficulty range for Beelzebub, with lots of interesting new terms to pick up, and hopefully remember for future reference. I’ve the tiniest of queries … Read more >>
Independent on Sunday 1,263 by Commoner
It looks like it’s over a year since I last blogged a Commoner puzzle. This one seemed eminently manageable, taking less time to finish than the rather 8 down pint of Best I … Read more >>
Everyman No. 3526 (4th May)
Lorraine: Good morning one and all. I enjoyed this weeks offering until I got to the South West corner; I needed help with 15dn, 16dn and 24ac. Thanks Nick, to the rescue once again. … Read more >>