A tougher than usual puzzle from Brummie for this week’s Prize.
Financial Times 17,451 by Rosa Klebb
Weekend puzzle from the FT of June 24, 2023
Nottingham S&B 2023 puzzle 1207 by Postmark
This was the second puzzle that Postmark submitted at the recent S&B event at Nottingham. Postmarks’s puzzle and parsing can be found here Once again, smooth surfaces and a number of short clues … Read more >>
Nottingham S&B 2023 Puzzle no 1152 by Postmark
Postmark submitted two puzzles for the recent S&B in Nottingham. This was the first one we solved. The puzzle and Postmark’s parsings can be found here. The first thing to say is that … Read more >>
Guardian 29110 /Harpo
The site has come back up in the last few minutes, so I can publish this blog for today’s Harpo puzzle I’m not a regular Guardian blogger so I am … Read more >>
Independent 11,456 / Phi
Today sees the publication of Phi’s latest puzzle, although with the technical problems dogging the website right now, it remains to be seen how many solvers will get to read this blog. I … Read more >>
Financial Times 17,455 by LEONIDAS
Leonidas is today's FT compiler.
Independent 11455 / Wiglaf
Wiglaf is a setter who makes you think. I note that many blogs of Wiglaf’s puzzles mention the word ‘challenge’. Today’s puzzle scores high on the challenge scale. There were … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 29,109 by Vlad
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29109.
RIP Nutmeg
Margaret Irvine (Nutmeg) – RIP I heard that Nutmeg died on Saturday after a long illness. Nutmeg set puzzles for The Guardian as well as 26 Inquisitors. Read Nutmeg’s interview in Meet The … Read more >>
Independent 11,454 by Monk
Monk provides our mental workout today.
Guardian 29,108 / Maskarade
Like many of you, I was unable, throughout yesterday, to gain access to 15², until early evening and even then I kept getting the error message whenever I moved to a different page. … Read more >>
Financial Times 17,454 by MONK
A brilliant challenge from Monk this morning.
Guardian Cryptic 29,107 by Anto
An interesting mix of clues – my favourites were 25ac, 3dn, 17dn, and 23dn. Thanks to Anto
Financial Times 17,453 by FALCON
Good fun from Falcon this morning!