The weekly online only crossword from the Guardian found here
Gemelo No. 23 – plain
Gemelo has again produced a nice crossword with some very good clues. I don’t think there will be any problem with his taking over fully from Azed in due course.
My guess is that anyone who does these crosswords will have a copy of Chambers to hand and so won’t need everything to be spelled out. In the parsing I have confined myself to explaining when the wordplay is not immediately clear.
Definitions in crimson, underlined. Anagrams indicated *(like this) or (like this)*
Everyman 4,137/1 February
Another pleasing puzzle from Everyman for our Sunday morning entertainment.
Azed and the future
Bridgesong has the honour of blogging the last Azed monthly competition puzzle. Please take a moment to read his review in the following blog:
Independent on Sunday 1876 Filbert
Thank you to Filbert. Definitions are underlined in the clues.
Azed No. 2,776 – the end of an era
This is the first Azed puzzle to appear since the announcement last week of his retirement from the monthly clue-writing competition.
Listener Crossword No 4903: Fisher Transformation by Mr Snaky: A Setter’s Blog
It’s about 3 years since I came up with the idea for Fisher Transformation so my recollection of its creation is a little bit sketchy. But here we go.
Independent 12273 by Bluebird
February is more than a little damp this year – but a Bluebird brings some light relief to the drudgery of the greyness of winter. Nothing hidden in the grid that I have … Read more >>
Guardian Quick Cryptic 97 by Brassica
This week’s 11 x 11 crossword from the Guardian intended to teach cryptic crosswords, found here
Guardian Prize Prize crossword No 29,918 by Vlad
A chewy challenge this week from Vlad.
Listener Crossword No 4903: Fisher Transformation by Mr Snaky
Mr Snaky is back. His first Listener (4763) was about Pascal’s Theorem and it looks as we have more geometry this time too.
Independent 12,272 / Phi
As custom dictates, Phi brings the latest suite of working week puzzles to an end this Friday.
Financial Times 18,287 by SOLOMON
A solid challenge from SOLOMON which was a lot of fun.
Guardian Cryptic crossword No 29,923 by Paul
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29923.
Independent 12271 / Tack
Tack is a setter who appears every two or three months in the Independent.