Guardian 25,266 / Araucaria

by

An excellent crossword from Araucaria, although one that I found very hard. A complete explanation of 1d and ideas about 22d would be very welcome 🙂 My favourite clue is the lovely 21d. The … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,629 / Falcon

by

Prize Puzzle from the Monday February 28 Financial Times Falcon’s clues today were all cleanly written; many had particularly clever or smooth surfaces (11 across, 13 across), but some were a bit odd (28 … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,637 by Cinephile

by

A fine crossword from Cinephile, complete with his usual ‘bending of the rules’ that will delight some and no doubt infuriate others.  I didn’t find that the special instructions were important to solving this … Read more >>

Guardian 25,265 / Paul

by

Another excellent  puzzle from Paul, which I found great fun to solve.  It’s quite straightforward, I think, but there’s lots to admire – and smile at – in the ingenious cluing. Across 1   … Read more >>

Independent 7,611 / Dac

by

No surprises over today’s setter: it’s Wednesday, so it just had to be a Dac. Similarly, no surprises about the kind of crossword in store for us: a set of perfectly sound, uncontrived … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,636 / Jason

by

Some pleasingly tricky clues here, in particular 7 down and 16 down.  I didn’t otherwise find much to comment on, except I wonder how our nonnative English speakers fared with the somewhat obscure slang … Read more >>

Independent 7609 by Eimi

by

*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, CD=cryptic def, DD=double def, sp=spoonerism This was one of those puzzles where you know, from the presence of some slightly odd words in the down clues, that there must … Read more >>