Eccles returns to the midweek slot this week.
Financial Times 17,863 by BASILISK
An enjoyable challenge to kick off the day.
Guardian 29,509 – Anto
This was rather easier than Sunday’s Quiptic from the same setter, I thought, though with one or two quibbles that I won’t bang on about. Thanks to Anto. Across 1 STAND BY … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1875: Intruders by Phi
Intruders by Phi Each of the ten “Intruder” clues leads to an answer modified before entry by the removal of a letter, with the gap closed to form a new word to be … Read more >>
Independent 11,855 / Phi
Phi has set the Tuesday puzzle this week, so he is not occupying his usual Friday slot for once. Of course, since today is theme day, there had to be a reason for … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 29,508 by Tramp
Tramp has provided this morning’s headscratcher.
Financial Times 17,862 by ARTEXLEN
I started in on this at a pretty good clip before getting bogged down about halfway. Ultimately, this proved nothing too strenuous for a Tuesday, with the usual fine assortment of clues from Artexlen.
Financial Times 17,861 by SLORMGORM
SLORMGORM kicks off the week…
Independent 11,854 by Lark
I've not seen this compiler before, although I can see that there have been earlier puzzles. I found it more difficult than most Monday puzzles, although that may in part be related to my unfamiliarity with the setter.
Independent on Sunday 1,806 by Crosophile
This puzzle is available to solve online or download here.
Guardian Quiptic 1298 / Anto
We have a Quiptic from Anto this week. The Guardian website describes the Quiptic as ‘a web-only, cryptic puzzle for beginners and those in a hurry’. I’ll go along with … Read more >>
Guardian Genius 255 / Soup
Soup has set quite a few Guardian Geniuses in recent years and he usually provides challenging and original puzzles.
Everyman 4,067 by Everyman
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/4067.
Azed 2728
Recently I’ve been solving Azeds quite quickly; on this one, however, I made rather a slow start, but once I’d got a few answers in the rest came reasonably smoothly. Thanks to Azed. … Read more >>