Sphinx returns six years after his debut.
Financial Times 17,533 by JULIUS
Thanks to Julius for the challenge and fun this morning.
Independent 11532 / Rodriguez
Rodriguez is a setter who appears fairly often these day. Rodriguez is one of many Independent setters, a number of whom can be seen in all of the fourteen across … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1821: Duck by Charybdis
Charybdis is a setter who appears irregularly in the Inquisitor series. He also features as Crosophile in the Independent series. We had a fairly short preamble for puzzle which stated: … Read more >>
Independent 11,531 by Mev
Mev provides our Tuesday challenge this morning.
Financial Times 17,532 by BOBCAT
The puzzle may be found at https://www.ft.com/content/641ea686-20aa-4bdd-bad0-e0d17919bf9f.
Guardian Cryptic 29,185 by Qaos
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29185.
Financial Times 17,531 by SLORMGORM
This week begins with a SLORMGORM…
Guardian 29,184 / Vulcan
Vulcan steps predictably into his fortnightly Monday slot. We have the usual Monday medley of charades, anagrams and double and cryptic definitions. I quite liked 1, 10, 11 and 15ac and 8 and … Read more >>
Independent 11,530 by Filbert
Another excellent puzzle with clues that were both concise and precise.
Quiptic 1,245 by Carpathian
Carpathian is a regular and reliable Quiptic setter – here she is again.
Financial Times Sunday No.17 – News by Buccaneer
Buccaneer returns as the setter for the September edition of the monthly News Puzzle. Solve it on the FT website or via the smartphone app.
Azed 2674
Please excuse a rather terse blog – I’ve been away and had to write it in a bit of a hurry. I hope anything I haven’t said is verifiable in Chambers. Thanks to … Read more >>
Everyman 4,013/17 September
Another pleasing and well-constructed crossword from Everyman. Plenty here for the less experienced solver to get their teeth into. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind … Read more >>
Independent on Sunday 1752 Xestobium
Thank you to Xestobium. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Rook eaten by animal, leaving front part of body (6) BREAST : R(abbrev. for “rook”, the chess piece) contained in(eaten by) … Read more >>