Slormgorm makes an appearance in today’s FT.
Guardian Cryptic 29,151 by Picaroon
A difficult solve with tricky parsing, and many favourites including 10ac, 13ac, 26ac, 4dn, 5dn, 8dn, 15dn. Thanks to Picaroon for the puzzle
Enigmatic Variations No.1602 – Birds by Picadilly
“In eight clues a consecutive group of letters is to be removed, affecting the surface reading. These groups of letters can be rearranged as BIRDS, which are to be inserted into eight normally clued answers to form new words. Numbers in brackets refer to lengths of grid entries. Chambers Dictionary (2016) is recommended; one entry is in Collins.”
Independent 11,496 by Umpire
Umpire is a fairly new addition to the Indy setting team – this is our first blog of an Umpire puzzle.
Guardian 29,150 – Vlad
A stiff challenge, as expected from this setter, with the NW corner holding me up the longest. Thanks to Vlad. Across 1 WAR BRIDE One becoming union member during dispute (3,5)Cryptic definition … Read more >>
Financial Times 17,496 by CHALMIE
A wonderful tribute from the FT today to a very talented setter.
Inquisitor 1815: Watch Your Step by Elpenor
Watch Your Step by Elpenor All clues are normal. Within each row or column, any occurrences of a certain letter in clued answers must be removed before entry into the grid; the removed … Read more >>
Independent 11,495 / Kairos
Kairos has provided today’s medium-difficulty puzzle, on what is traditionally theme day. This puzzle has been compiled on a grid that accommodates a very large number of clues, many of which give short … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 29,149 by Fed
A fun puzzle from Fed this morning.
Financial Times 17,495 by PETO
Some of the clues in today’s Peto puzzle took me a bit of thinking to unravel, but I believe these parsings work . . .
Financial Times 17,494 by ARTEXLEN
ARTEXLEN kicks things off this week…
Guardian Quiptic 1239 Carpathian
Thank you to Carpathian. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Soldier has location for drone? (8) PARASITE : PARA(short for “paratrooper”/soldier who parachutes into the combat zone) plus(has) SITE(a location/place at … Read more >>
Independent 11,494 by Knut
A very enjoyable and tricky puzzle.
Guardian Cryptic 29,148 by Vulcan
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29148.
Independent on Sunday 1,746 by Brunel
The puzzle is available here.