Independent 7882/Anax

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The usual outstanding crossword from Anax. Of course there are one or two about which I’m not quite sure, but that’s usual. There are some quite brilliant clues here. I’ve referred to one … Read more >>

Sunday Cryptic Puzzles

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Anax is trying to get some feedback as to what people think about the level of difficulty of the Sunday cryptics. To this end he has added a poll to his website. It … Read more >>

Guardian 25,536 – Paul

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Lots of fun and clever cluing from Paul – favourites were 1dn and 6,23 and biggest groan was for 8dn. Across 9 A BIT STEEP =”Just too much” (pie at best)* 10 EPOCH … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,896 – Dante

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Monday Prize Crossword /Jan 9 It’s been a while since I’ve last blogged a crossword, but I’m back in town. Many thanks to Duncan [easily the most detailed blog around] and scchua [who was … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,904 by Styx

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I really enjoyed this one, some of the clues were quite tricky so parse correctly.  I have not seen Styx before, so this was a bonus for me, I hope he becomes a regular … Read more >>

Independent 7881 by Dac

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It’s a Dac, so it’s what you expect, just a fine puzzle as per usual. My learned colleagues have been under the impression that Dac appears every Wednesday, but actually he gets a … Read more >>

Financial Times 13903 Jason

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Another good one from Jason, so thanks Jason.  A bit of concern when I stalled for some time after getting the 2 long ones early on.  However, it finally yielded.  Definitions are underlined … Read more >>