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Financial Times 17,492 by BUCCANEER

Fri August 11, 2023 at 8:50 am by Turbolegs

A fun challenge from BUCCANEER this Friday.

Financial Times 17,491 by GUY

Thu August 10, 2023 at 8:30 am by loonapick

Guy is the compiler of the FT puzzle this morning.

Independent 11,491 by Salty

Thu August 10, 2023 at 8:12 am by Bertandjoyce

Another new Indy setter for us today – welcome Salty!

Enigmatic Variations 1601 Lame by Vismut

Thu August 10, 2023 at 8:48 pmThu August 10, 2023 at 7:39 am by twencelas

11 clues which contain a thematic word with its position in the clue defining a letter in the answer used. THis shows in the gird a character whose previous condition made them look … Read more >>

Guardian Cryptic 29,145 by Imogen

Thu August 10, 2023 at 6:38 pmThu August 10, 2023 at 2:55 am by PeterO

The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29145.

Independent 11,490 / Filbert

Wed August 9, 2023 at 9:58 am by RatkojaRiku

Filbert is occupying this week’s Wednesday slot, which I am not that used to finding him in. I found this to be a medium-difficulty puzzle, pitched at the right level for a mid-week … Read more >>

RIP Mike Holmans

Sat June 8, 2024 at 3:07 pmWed August 9, 2023 at 9:11 am by Admin

RIP Mike Holmans I heard today that Mike (Alchemi, Hemical, Chalmie) died yesterday. More details as and when.

Guardian Cryptic 29,144 by Brendan

Wed August 9, 2023 at 10:40 amWed August 9, 2023 at 8:51 am by manehi

Thanks Brendan – I really enjoyed this…

Financial Times 17,490 by JULIUS

Wed August 9, 2023 at 7:50 am by Oriel

A lovely start to the day from Julius.

Inquisitor 1814: Tailors by Kirsanov

Tue August 8, 2023 at 10:00 am by kenmac

Tailors by Kirsanov Fourteen clues contain a consecutive pair of extra letters, which must be removed before solving, always leaving real words. In clue order, these letters spell the name of an author … Read more >>

Guardian 29,143 – Brummie

Tue August 8, 2023 at 9:50 amTue August 8, 2023 at 8:44 am by Andrew

I made a bit of a slow start on this, but once a few answers were in the rest mostly fell satisfyingly into place. Thanks to Brummie. I noticed while solving that a … Read more >>

Independent 11489 / Grecian

Tue August 8, 2023 at 7:25 am by duncanshiell

Puzzles by Grecian tend to appear once a month in the Independent series at the moment. I note that I have blogged the last three Grecian puzzles in May, June … Read more >>

Financial Times 17,489 by FALCON

Tue August 8, 2023 at 7:59 amTue August 8, 2023 at 1:41 am by Cineraria

Some nice surprises in today’s Falcon puzzle

Financial Times 17,488 by NEO

Mon August 7, 2023 at 10:01 am by Teacow

NEO kicks things off this week…

Guardian Quiptic 1,238/Hectence

Mon August 7, 2023 at 9:54 am by Pierre

A pleasing Quiptic as always from Hectence, with some delightful surface readings. A few straightforward anagrams to start the grid fill, then mainly a diet of cleverly constructed charades for the solver to … Read more >>