Independent 7660 by Nimrod
I sit down on the train, open up the paper and what do I find, something to strike terror into the heart of bloggers, well this blogger – it’s a Nimrod. After 30 … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,676 / Falcon
FT Monday Prize Crossword of 25 April 2011 Pretty straightforward, but the clues were concise and pleasing. 13 down was a new word for me, which I had to guess at by playing … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,675 by Mudd
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of April 23 The top-left quadrant of this puzzle stumped me for a while. I got 15A promptly but the rest was tough, especially as I was … Read more >>
Independent 7659 / Dac
It looks as if something has prevented RatkojaRiku from being with us today so here is an analysis of the clues. In the interest of having something posted without too much further delay … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,684 by Cinephile
A bit of a mixed bag today I thought, some good clues and some that were not so good. I wondered if this was a ‘Friday Afternoon’ crossword, compiled after a good lunch … Read more >>
Guardian 25,313 / Orlando
There’s lots of fun in this characteristically witty, elegant and well-clued puzzle from Orlando – nothing too complicated but highly entertaining and enjoyable. Many thanks, Orlando. Across 1 MAGIC LANTERN: anagram [dicky] of … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1174 – Union Activity by Phi
The title told us that we were in the weddings arena, though the proximity of the forthcoming royal nuptials seemed to be less of a help than I expected. My first solution was … Read more >>
Financial Times 13683 Jason
This was quite relaxingly enjoyable. Thanks Jason. Across 1 We men are at the top of church’s structure (12) STEEPLEJACKS: JACKS(plural of male name for men) +(at) STEEPLE(the top of church’s structure literally). Defn: … Read more >>
Independent 7,658/Phi
Phi has been shifted around the schedule a couple of times recently, although I suspect we find him on Tuesday this week not because of the Bank Holiday, but because this was a … Read more >>
Guardian 25312 – Araucaria
What a superbly entertaining puzzle from The Master today with a side-theme presented with great humour and fun. ACROSS 7 TROUSERS T (time) ROUSERS (alarm clocks) worn by the dominant partner in a … Read more >>
Independent 7657 by Quixote
Pleasing puzzle in the Quixote style, solving time 25 mins * = anagram ACROSS 1 AGHA’S losT 4 O LEANDER Hero and Leander from Greek mythology 9 SUSSED Sussex with d for x … Read more >>
Guardian Genius 94, by Puck: In vino veritas
Well, I thought I was getting on just fine with this puzzle, but I was completely stuck on two answers, 17a and 21a. None of my resources — dictionaries, word lists, TEA, Google, … Read more >>
Guardian Quiptic 598 / Arachne
I really enjoyed today’s offering from Spiderwoman (the original Arachne in Greek Mythology was changed by Athene into a spider). All definitions given are from Chambers 11th Edition. Most of the standard abbreviations … Read more >>
Guardian 25,311 – Rufus
Mostly the usual smooth and straightforward clueing from Rufus this sunny Bank Holiday, with a couple of rather over-familiar clues (27ac, 8dn), but I slowed down at the end and took a bit … Read more >>
Beelzebub 1,105 (24/04/11)
A pretty tough week, judging by the number of entries I had to check before entry, and the little bit of cheating I had to do to finish off the NW corner. There … Read more >>