Thank you to Chandler. Definitions are underlined in the clues.
Financial Times 18,311 by NEO
A fun workout from NEO this Friday.
Independent 12295 / Amoeba
Amoeba provides the Thursday Independent challenge this week.
Financial Times 18,310 by GOZO
Gozo is this morning’s setter in the FT.
Guardian Cryptic crossword No 29,946 by Paul
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29946.
Enigmatic Variations No. 1735: Unstated by Kcit
Kcit challenges us to find an UNSTATED end to a poem where the relevant part wasn’t even in the original published version. To paraphrase Donald Rumsfeld: ‘There are known unknowns and there are unknown unknowns…and there are unstated endings to unpublished verses…‘
Independent 12,294 by Bard
Bard provides our Wednesday challenge this week: always good to meet a setter I haven’t blogged before.
Guardian 29,945 / Maskarade
It’s Maskarade filling the midweek slot…
Financial Times 18,309 by GOLIATH
Thanks to Goliath for this morning’s fun.
Guardian Cryptic crossword No 29,944 by Philistine
Thanks to Philistine for an enjoyable puzzle – and apologies for a late and slightly hurried blog, it’s been a hectic morning. I haven’t been able to fully work out 8dn.
Inquisitor 1948: From the White House by Yimin
Another newcomer – welcome Yimin.
Financial Times 18308 SLORMGORM
Thank you to Slormgorm. (This one has the same clue and solution hallmarks as those in the Independent set by Slormgorm’s other pseudonym.) Definitions are underlined in the clues.
Independent 12,293 by Ringoe
Ringoe provides today’s challenge – his 3rd puzzle in the Indy.
Guardian 29,943 – Vulcan
A very gentle offering for this Monday morning – I found it pretty much a write-in, with only a couple of clues needing more than a few seconds’ thought. Thanks to Vulcan.
Independent 12,292 by Hubble
A Monday challenge from Hubble.