Financial Times 13,031 by Mudd
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of March 21 It took me a while to complete the top right corner of this puzzle, not being familiar with ABBACY and finding 9A, 12A and … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,041/Falcon
Other than having to confirm a couple of answers post-solving (5A and 21D) this was not particularly mind-warping in nature. If anything, this puzzle struck me as having all most as much corn … Read more >>
Independent 7,008 by Eimi
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition. This crossword was pants! Not really – it was excellent of course, but it did take “underwear” as its theme (see 3ac). Entertaining stuff, with … Read more >>
Guardian 24663 / Quantum
Quite an easy crossword today, but with a few disappointing clues, I thought (e.g. 13, 14, 6, 7) … There are a few things I didn’t understand, but I’m sure people will be … Read more >>
Independent on Sunday 998 by Quixote (29 Mar 2009)
Accessible puzzle from Quixote, solving time 17 mins. * = anagram 4 BO (OT)Y 6 F RE EDOM 8 CON SIDE RED 9 Mungo PARK 10 HANSEL (and Gretel) 11 TARNIS H (in … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,032 – Dante
Monday Prize Crossword on 23 March 2009 dd = double definition cd = cryptic definition rev = reversed or reversal ins = insertion cha = charade ha = hidden answer *(fodder) = anagram … Read more >>
Independent 7007 by Nimrod
A very good puzzle for April Fool’s Day by Nimrod. Very tough, solving time, 66 mins. There’s a Nina which I refer to after the clue explanations. * = anagram ACROSS 6 PAUL … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,040 / Orense
A mix of easy and slightly less easy clues today with some good surfaces. I rather liked 25a which can be a dd or a cd depending on whether one separates the ‘light’ … Read more >>
What future for the Guardian crossword
This news may interest current solvers. Guardian development They don’t mention the crossword specifically but I imagine clues will have to be published as separate tweets. Hopefully they’ll tweet a url to a … Read more >>
Guardian 24,662 (Puck)
Ran out of time, so incomplete. Took me ages to get the April Fool material. Mind you, I had been expecting this! Across 9,27 SPAGHETTI TREE: anagram of PIES THE TARGET; April Fools’ … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,039 / Armonie
Apologies for the late-ish blog. I was hoping to do this last night before going to bed but the puzzle was not posted on the website at the usual time. Across 1 FAREWELL … Read more >>
Independent 7,006/Dac
Was it just me being tired from having stayed up late watching The Wire last night, or was some of this quite hard for a Dac puzzle? The middle of the grid didn’t … Read more >>
Guardian 24,661 – Paul
dd = double definition cd = cryptic definition rev = reversed or reversal ins = insertion cha = charade ha = hidden answer *(fodder) = anagram The conventional approach to solving a clue … Read more >>
Independent 7005 by Radian
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, CD=cryptic def My initial thought on seeing this puzzle was that the theme would be something like the Taming of the Shrew, so I set off with a mental … Read more >>
Guardian 24,660/Araucaria
A rare Monday outing for Araucaria, and a puzzle that was mostly fairly easy, though with a couple of shaky definitions and some dubious wordplay. The grid is a bit strange, being almost … Read more >>