Our regular Phiday morning wake-up call.
Financial Times 17,883 by SOLOMON
A fun puzzle from SOLOMON!
Enigmatic Variations 1665 Untitled by Luxor
A regular alphabetical jigsaw with a title to find from a single letter from each column. Sounds interesting. As with any unnumbered puzzle the key is to solve enough clues to start grid … Read more >>
Independent 11,875 by Bluth
Bluth makes a welcome appearance today.
Financial Times 17,882 by BOBCAT
A toughie from Bobcat this morning.
Guardian Cryptic 29,528 by Brockwell
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29528.
A little bit of decorum please
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Wednesday October 30th 2024 saw the publication of a Guardian Cryptic puzzle by the virtually unknown setter Ludwig.
It turns out that there was a previous Ludwig puzzle on Wednesday September 25th.
It further transpires that the answers to both puzzles are the same though the clues are, almost entirely, different.
It put me in mind of Inquisitor 1266 on Saturday February 2nd 2013 and Inquisitor 1267 on Saturday February 9th 2013.
Please can I take the opportunity to remind people that this is a friendly, well-mannered site where everyone should be expected to treat others with respect and is entitled to respect in return.
Guardian 29,527 / Ludwig
Five weeks ago today, I blogged Ludwig’s first puzzle. I think now that I might have foreseen a second one by this ‘new’ setter. The puzzle coincided with the first episode of the … Read more >>
Independent 11,874 / Eccles
Eccles is occupying his familiar Wednesday slot this week. As with my experience of many other Eccles puzzles, this crossword combined a good few easy clues as starters but more than enough teasers … Read more >>
Financial Times 17,881 by BASILISK
Thanks to Basilisk for a very enjoyable challenge.
Inquisitor 1878: Last Light by Radler
Holy Hole in a Donut! Solvers must highlight a traveller in the completed grid. Clues to two places where he arrived eventfully lack a definition, as do those to his location three days … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 29,526 by Imogen
Clever clues and nice surfaces – my favourites were 9ac, 11ac, 17ac, and 19dn. Thanks to Imogen for the puzzle.
Independent 11873 / Knut
I find Knut’s puzzles entertaining and was pleased to see I was blogging one today. There’s a lot going on in the wordplay for many of today’s clues which is … Read more >>
Financial Times 17,880 by PETO
While not very hard, this offering from Peto is not for the novice, either, . . .