A breezy challenge from MUDD
Independent 11,816 / Phi
Phi is occupying the usual Friday slot, which wasn’t the case when it last fell to me to blog the Friday puzzle on the opening day of the Olympics. I found this to … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 29469 Paul
Thank you to Paul. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1, 11. Cash (both extremes) described by newspaper articles – like so? (4,2,6) RAGS TO RICHES : 1st and last letters of(… … Read more >>
Financial Times 17,821 by Guy
Apologies for the formatting below, but the blogging software appears to have a glitch and I was unable to get it working properly, so the definitions are in bold below. Guy exercises our … Read more >>
Independent 11815 / Amoeba
The only reference I can find for Amoeba as a setter on fifteensquared relate to puzzles supplied by him at the last three Slogggers & Betters get together in York, so I am … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 29,468 by Pangakupu
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29468.
Enigmatic Variations No. 1655: Assertion by Skylark
ASSERTION anagrammatises to ‘arsonites’, ‘notarises’, ‘rosinates’ and ‘senoritas’…which one is Senorita Skylark maybe leading us towards?…
17,820 Financial Times by IO
A mixture of simpler and far trickier clues from IO this morning.
Independent 11,814 by Filbert
Filbert in his usual Wednesday slot.
Guardian 29,467 / Philistine
It’s good to be back after a few days away (my thanks to Shanne for taking over last week) and better still to find a Philistine puzzle to blog. And it’s Philistine on … Read more >>
Financial Times 17819 Gozo
Thank you to Gozo. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Please excuse the unusual formatting. I’ve had to make do since my usual posting method is not working. Across Rodent, second seen in … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 29,466 by Qaos
Apologies for a slightly hurried blog today. I enjoyed this, and particularly liked 13ac, 24ac, 5dn, and 20dn. Thanks to Qaos
Inquisitor 1868: Long Division by Kruger
Kruger, an extremely prolific setter of Inquisitor puzzles. Preamble: Each clue contains a single letter misprint that needs to be rectified before solving; half of these occur in the definition and half … Read more >>
Independent 11,813 by Stetson
We welcome Stetson to the Indy today – a new setter with a blockbuster of a puzzle.
Financial Times 17,818 by AARDVARK
AARDVARK kicks off the week…