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Guardian 29,616 / Paul
Paul provides our midweek entertainment today, with a puzzle with an unmissable theme, spelled out in the very last clue. Lots of links to look up today but it was an enjoyable task. … Read more >>
Financial Times 17,973 by GOLIATH
Great puzzle from Goliath.
Independent 11964 / Eccles
It’s Wednesday in the Independent; it’s Eccles; so we can expect a good well-clued puzzle
Guardian Cryptic 29,615 by Qaos
Sorry for the scrappiness of this late blog
Inquisitor 1893: Team Effort by Luxor
This week’s puzzle is set by Luxor who is making a debut in the Inquisitor series. Fifteensquared has blogs for Luxor puzzles in the Enigmatic series in the period November 2023 to January 2025. All five had quirky themes, so I wonder what we will find in this puzzle.
Independent 11,963 by Mog
Mog is here to entertain us this morning.
Financial Times 17,972 by BOBCAT
I had a much easier time filling in this entertaining Bobcat grid than I have had explaining some of the clues. I hope this provides some elucidation.
Financial Times 17,971 by VELIA
VELIA kicks off the week…
Independent 11,962 by Skinny
Skinny seems to be coinciding with my blog spot fairly regularly now and this was another high quality puzzle.
Guardian 29,614 – Vulcan
Thanks to Vulcan for a Monday quickie.
Financial Times 17,970 by Buccaneer
Puzzle from the Weekend FT of February 8, 2025
Quiptic 1,316 by Chandler
This week’s Quiptic is from Chandler and can be found here
Everyman 4,085/2 February
Another approachable offering from Everyman this week, with plenty of anagrams to get you going, as well as the ‘primarily’ clue. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition (xxxx)* … Read more >>
Azed 2746
I found this mostly not to hard on the Azed scale, though a few clues held me up at the end, especially the crossing pair 30a and 22d. I have a couple of … Read more >>