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Did anybody get a really tough jigsaw for Xmas – the kind that you start and then realise you’ve bitten off a bit more than you can chew, with everything else that’s going … Read more >>
Complex, tricky and entertaining Across 1 BOLD FACE prominently visible BOLD (daring) F (female) ACE (outstanding type) 5 AT LAST dd (with humour) 9 GADARENE from swine of Gadera … Read more >>
An excellent puzzle as usual Across 1 Quiet – that’s our team’s appearing between rugby posts HUSH quiet US (our team) in HH (rugby posts) 4 Immobility’s associated with … Read more >>
What a treat, at the end of a week of excellent puzzles, to get a lovely puzzle from Arachne! Not quite such a tussle as it often is but full of the characteristic … Read more >>
It’s Friday today and Phi is occupying his usual compiling slot. I found that I made swifter progress through this one than is usual for me with a Phi puzzle. I was, however, … Read more >>
Whew. This was a severe test: what with the unhelpful grid, the four intractable twelve-letter solutions and a whole monstrous regiment of devilishly brilliant &lits, I was left tottering on the brink of … Read more >>
Thursdays usually bring a challenging crossword. I think today’s offering from Klingsor certainly falls into the challenging category. For those who don’t know the names behind setters pseudonyms, Klingsor is … Read more >>
After Araucaria’s announcement of his cancer a couple weeks ago, every new crossword he produces is surely one to treasure. It seems to be very much business as usual with this one, with … Read more >>
Monday Prize Crossword/Jan 14 A not too taxing, but very well written Dante crossword that one can find here. Some typical nautical references (25ac, 5d), one or two great anagrams (16ac, for example), … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of January 12, 2013 I found the top-right quadrant of this puzzle to be tricky, especially 4A (CROSSBAR) and 6D (SHRINK WRAP). My favourite clues are 20A … Read more >>
I don’t think I have blogged a puzzle by Gaff before, quite an experience. There is loads of stuff in here to go at. I’m not sure if I have spotted it all, maybe … Read more >>
The usual excellent puzzle from Dac. No problems that I could see — some might object to his use of r = recipe, but that seems to me to be quite OK — … Read more >>
This crossword may be found at http://www.guardian.co.uk/crosswords/cryptic/25852.
I rather enjoyed Ferret‘s two previous Inquisitor puzzles – and I enjoyed this one too, though it proved less difficult than it first seemed. The grid is 9 × 13, and essentially split … Read more >>
This was an enjoyable, not too tricky, themed offering from Scorpion. The theme at 10 / 8 was relatively straightforward, and the thematically connected 7ac was moreorless a write-in. Seven of the … Read more >>