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The dastardly duo? The gruesome twosome? eXtent are back, whatever name they don’t answer to, putting the fun firmly into Britain’s best barred grid puzzle. Answers to twelve clues create clashes in eleven … Read more >>
Grecian is Tuesday’s Independent setter Tuesday is theme day in the Independent and just reading a few clues makes it clear what the theme is. The words ‘spook’ or ‘spooks’ … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29095.
Some ingenious clues from Gozo . . .
FLIMSY provides this morning's fun…
There was an excellent puzzle with lots of very subtle touches.
Once again, Carpathian slips comfortably into the Monday slot, as I said at the beginning of my previous blog of one of her puzzles. I enjoyed this one, with its well-chosen indicators for … Read more >>
You always know you are in for a carefully constructed and thoughtfully clued Quiptic when Pasquale is in the saddle. This one went in steadily, with only one less well known word – … Read more >>
Sunday afternoon after an exhausting visit by grandsons and a relaxing pint or 3 and the Everyman
Filbert is becoming a regular in the Independent on Sunday slot. I enjoy his puzzles, but continue to find them at the harder end of the spectrum. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double … Read more >>
Azed gives us a standard plain puzzle for the competition this month. The competition clue is the 12-letter entry at 2 down I struggled a bit with the wording of … Read more >>
Many of you will have, like myself, solved today’s Guardian Prize puzzle and learned of the death of Rufus at the age of 91.
I did wonder about including the previous sentence but I notice that another website has already made the connection.
Roger retired as a setter in 2017 and was featured in The Guardian. There is also a Wikipedia Page.
I had the pleasure of meeting Roger, albeit briefly, in Birmingham in 2011 in The Old Contemptibles, where he performed a few magic tricks.
A second Prize puzzle in succession for Brockwell!
We don’t often see a puzzle by Dutch and I must admit I forget the last time I saw one. So I approached this with some trepidation thinking I might be in for a … Read more >>
I have to admit to leaving this blog to the last minute (i.e. forgetting the new Friday deadline)…but, serendipitously…