PETO provides Monday's puzzle…
Independent 11,662 by Tees
The Teeser gets our week going
Guardian 29,315 – Vulcan
Mostly straightforward, as we expect from this setter, though there were a couple of clues that held me up a little. Thanks to Vulcan. A slightly unusual feature of the puzzle is that … Read more >>
Guardian Quiptic 1266 Carpathian
Thank you to Carpathian. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 9. Old private moving around Europe working (9) OPERATIVE : O(abbrev. for “old”) + anagram of(… moving) PRIVATE containing(around) E(abbrev. for “Europe”). … Read more >>
Financial Times Sunday No.33 – News by Leonidas
The February edition of the monthly topically themed puzzle. Find it on the FT website to download and print or solve online, or via the smartphone app.
Independent on Sunday 1,774 by Laccaria
The puzzle is available to download or solve online here.
Everyman 4,035
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/4035.
Azed No. 2,696 Plain
A couple of typos appear to have crept in to this week’s puzzle.
Independent 11,661 by Tyrus
We got off to a slow start on this one because we put the wrong answer in for 9ac. Once we realised our error, things fell neatly into place.
Guardian Prize 29,308 / Hugo
When I opened my paper last Saturday morning and saw a new name on the puzzle, my heart fluttered – and then sank a little at the prospect of an unexpected and unknown … Read more >>
Financial Times 17,658 by Zamorca
Puzzle from the Weekend FT of February 17, 2024
Cyclops 772 – Easy-peasy Flip-flopping
There are two clue references to ‘ex-PM’s, but thankfully neither of them is a BoJo, and Cyclops bids ‘no Trumps’ as well…his New Year’s resolution seems to be holding!
Enigmatic Variations 1629 Ceaselessly by Curmudgeon
There is a quotation around the perimeter missing ‘Ceaselessly’ and extra letters in down clues give an instruction. A pretty straight forward EV this week – some uncommon words but nothing too difficult … Read more >>
Financial Times 17,663 JASON
An interesting challenge from JASON this Friday. One clue where I am still scratching my head.
Independent 11,660 by Phi
It’s Phiday again.