Guardian No 24,582 / Araucaria
What a treat! I have been so looking forward to my first Araucaria blog but didn’t expect to get it on a Monday. [That’s not to say I wouldn’t have been glad to … Read more >>
Independent 6,925/Radian
Happy Boxing Day y’all. I found some of this quite tough, possibly because I initially got 5D wrong and am unsure on a few others. Some nice clues though from a new-ish setter … Read more >>
Inquisitor 103 – The Top Ten by Charybdis
Solvers were told that nine clue-answers had to be jumbled to form new real-word grid entries. We were also told that the first letters of these nine clues would spell a word, referred … Read more >>
Independent 6921 by Nestor – 20/12/2008
This was the first Saturday Indy that I have attempted and so I cannot say how it compares with the usual fare. I found most of it easy, with nearly 90% of the … Read more >>
Independent on Sunday 984 by Quixote (21 Dec 2008)
Christmas puzzle, with one 47-letter answer over 5 normal grid entries – this made it a more difficult puzzle than usual from Quixote, but I was eventually able to work it out as … Read more >>
Financial Times 12,951 – Alberich
MERRY CHRISTMAS & A HAPPY NEW YEARMonday FT Prize Crossword on 15 December 2008dd = double definitioncd = cryptic definitionrev = reversed or reversalins = insertioncha = charadeha = hidden answer*(fodder) = anagram … Read more >>
Financial Times 12,950 by Cinephile
FT Weekend prize puzzle from December 13 I found this a nicely challenging puzzle although I was left with three clues whose wordplay I did not initially understand. Since the deadline for entries … Read more >>
Financial Times 12,959 by Bradman
A late blog today because this one caused me some problems, particularly in the NE corner. All the across answers are Biblical Characters and most lived BC. A number of them are obscure … Read more >>
Guardian 24,580 – Paul
Am solving and blogging now after a night out knowing that I won’t get up at a reasonable hour tomorrow/this morning.. surprisingly easy for a Paul, I felt, with a lot of easyish … Read more >>
Independent 6924/Nimrod
Nimrod is undoubtedly very imaginative and some of the clues here are lovely, but there are, as I always find with this setter, one or two places where he seems to teeter on … Read more >>
Guardian 24579 / Pasquale
This is the first Pasquale that I’ve done as a blogger, and sadly I have very little time to devote to it – so apologies for not including more commentary, links, etc. Anyway, … Read more >>
Financial Times 12,958 by Gozo
Rishi is away at a family gathering so I am covering for him today. A ‘liquid’ theme from Gozo, apt for the time of year. Having at one time run my own public … Read more >>
Independent 6923 by Virgilius
A most unusual and innovative crossword, that I found quite hard before finally getting there in 49 mins. The idea was that in line with 15 across A COMEDY OF ERRORS, there were … Read more >>
Guardian 24,578 – Rufus
As sometimes happens, I filled in the grid very quickly but took a while to come up with the reasoning behind some of the clues. A vague Christmas theme, a lot of anagrams … Read more >>
Independent 6922 by Dac
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone A gentle start to Christmas week from Dac with some well-written and enjoyable clues. Across 1 Aer Lingus: (singlur + E[ire])*. 6 Scrub: First letters of spring cleaning + … Read more >>