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An easier than usual prize puzzle this week, I thought, although it features some quite outrageous (but typical) liberties so far as the clueing is concerned. Once I had cracked the theme, which … Read more >>
The usual mixture of some good and some rather weaker clues from Gordius. Regular readers know that he is not among my favourite setters, not least for his cluing of ‘terminal cancer’ some … Read more >>
A fine puzzle ACROSS 1 PUGILISTS boxers LIST in PUG IS (list is selvage fabric border) 6 LURID U uncle R rex in LID hat 9 STICKER S spades TICKER … Read more >>
I haven’t blogged many Klingsor puzzles – just two to date – and don’t really have much a track record against him, so I approached this with a degree of trepidation in a … Read more >>
Had a pretty miserable time with this, I’m afraid. The theme was partly, but not entirely, to blame… ACROSS 1. STRINE Anagram of (ma)sterin(g); ‘strine’ is a term for Australian slang 4. BRISBANE … Read more >>
There’s a straightforward theme to this puzzle, with a number of clues leading to examples of the word at 12ac. Some of them are probably a bit obscure, though I think I have … Read more >>
Another enjoyable crossword from Tees, who also sets as Neo in the Financial Times. I started off fairly quickly but slowed down a bit towards the end as I had to … Read more >>
Monday Prize Crossword/Jan 16 A fine offering from Crux. The level of difficulty just right ‘for a Monday puzzle’, but, having said that, no hint of routine cluing. A crossword full of elegant surfaces. … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of January 14, 2012 As is sometimes the case with Bradman’s puzzles, I found this one decidedly tricky in spots. I expect I have all the right … Read more >>
A good crossword, quite tricky to complete. Thank you Monk. I got maybe 75% of this very quickly but the last few took a long time to finish, especially the SW corner. Looking … Read more >>
A nice crossword from Crosophile today. He is doing a good job of filling the gap left by Dac on the last Wednesday of every month. Across 1 GIANTSCAUSEWAY — (casting)* au se{a}way … Read more >>
One on the easier end of the Guardian spectrum, apart from a couple of perhaps less familiar references.
Down answers are ‘affected’ before entry; Across clues are ‘affected’ before solving. Either I got lucky, or this was easy (or both). Started with the down clues, as they are normal – solved … Read more >>
I said in yesterday’s blog that I was going to have the same again today. How true! Visiting family and friends, a blog, and then – a crossword in the same style by the same … Read more >>
Enter The Dragon. To those who are not aware, yesterday marked the first day of the Lunar New Year and ushered in the year of the dragon. Perhaps due to the revelry and … Read more >>