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Everyman No 1 (New Series) – published 12th August 1945 The Guardian website has recently published this puzzle, possibly in relation to Everyman 4000 due to be published in The Observer very soon … Read more >>
An enjoyable mix of clues, including some quite tricky parsing. My favourites were 10ac, 11ac, 18/5, and 3dn. Thanks to Paul for the puzzle
Our Phiday challenge to round off the week.
All aboard the Skylark – Cap’n Pugwash? Anyway a puzzle with extra letters and extra words – sounds challenging. And 28 cells to highlight. And challenging it was – some tricky clues … Read more >>
Filbert fills the Thursday spot in the Indy today – we think this is probably our 700th crossword blog on 225!
Goliath provides the FT challenge this morning.
A fairly easy run today, though I was held up a little at the end in the SW corner. I was nearly stumped by the tricky parsing of 18a, but it hit me … Read more >>
Eccles has provided our mid-week cruciverbal entertainment. I found this to be a medium-difficulty puzzle that revealed itself to me gradually. I was eventually held up in the bottom right-hand corner, with 22, … Read more >>
A most enjoyable puzzle with a clear theme.
Tramp is the compiler of today's Guardian puzzle.
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…