Piccadilly is looking to SWITCH jobs this week – hopefully just the ‘day job’, and not the puzzle setting…
Independent 11,718 by Eccles
Wednesday wit from one of our most regular and reliable setters.
Financial Times 17,722 by GOLIATH
A chewy challenge from Goliath.
Guardian Cryptic 29,371 by Paul
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29371.
Financial Times 17721 Falcon
Thank you to Falcon. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Tolerated temperature in a bizarre botanical garden (9) ARBORETUM : [ BORE(tolerated/withstood) + T(symbol for “absolute temperature”, in physics) ] contained … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1852: Made Runny by Charybdis
I thought that we hadn’t seen Charybdis for quite a while, but in fact he was here last September. Preamble: Twenty-one clues contain an extra word. When made runny, their initial letters … Read more >>
Guardian 29,370 / Qaos
How lucky am I, to bag a Qaos puzzle to blog, so soon after my last one? … …the only nagging issue, as I say every time, is to Spot the Theme, as … Read more >>
Independent 11,717 by Knut
It’s us again – this time we are blogging a Knut puzzle. It was Bert blogging yesterday – Joyce’s turn today. If there are any errors, I can blame Bert as he didn’t proofread it properly.
Joyce would also like to pre-empt any comments from Postmark about how lucky we are to be still at home……….
……. we will also still be at home for Saturday’s blog as well. Three blogs this week rather than the two last week when we inadvertently blogged an extra puzzle.
Financial Times 17,720 by MOO
MOO starts off the week…
Independent 11,716 by Twin
We’re standing in for flashling today – it’s a while since we blogged a Twin puzzle….
Guardian Cryptic 29,369 by Brendan
A nice puzzle – my favourites were 12ac, 4dn, and 17dn. Thanks to Brendan.
Guardian Quiptic 1,275/Pasquale
Pasquale in charge of this week’s Quiptic. Which means a carefully constructed puzzle to stretch less experienced solvers which will also act as an amuse-bouche for those who have been solving these things … Read more >>
Financial Times Sunday No.39 – News by Neo
The regular last-Sunday-of-the-month crossword based on topical events. Solve online or download and print from the FT website.
Independent on Sunday 1,783 by Vigo
I blogged the Everyman last time out which was set by Vigo in disguise