Financial Times 13,944 – Dante

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Monday Prize Crossword/Mar 5 A Dante crossword drenched in double definitions, anagrams, etc etc.  All very familiar, but then there was 12ac. I have an idea how it might work, but I do not like … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,952 by Gozo

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It is a good blogging week for me, first I get an alphabetical jigsaw from Araucaria in the Guardian and now a themed puzzle from Gozo. What a treat! All the across solutions … Read more >>

Independent 7929 / Dac

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Good surface reading again from Dac. All fairly straightforward and in our opinion a good introductory puzzle for new solvers. We don’t time ourselves but this seemed to over and done with fairly … Read more >>

The Guardian No 25,583 by Brummie

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Thanks to Brummie for an enjoyable puzzle with a couple of intriguing images in the surface reading. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 8. Dramatic character making love in exotic villa, caught … Read more >>

Financial Times 13951 Peto

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I think Peto is new to the FT.  I was initially anxious, it being somewhat uncharted territory.  However, the puzzle turned out to be quite the usual  FT start to the week, ie. more straightforward than … Read more >>

Guardian 25,581 / Rufus

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The usual Monday mix of double and cryptic definitions and a couple of really nice anagrams. Thank you, Rufus! Across 5   STAYED: double definition 6   KOPECK: KO [knock out] + PECK [large quantity]: … Read more >>

Beelzebub 1,147

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I hope this is roughly the appropriate date to post this one. Beelzebub competition closing dates seem to have shifted recently, to give solvers an extra week to get their entries in. We’re … Read more >>