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Enigmatic Variations No. 1579 – Line of Duty by Eclogue
I’ve never watched the TV show of the same name, so if that is the theme I will need to Go-ogle to complete it!
Independent 11,358 by Eccles
Another fun puzzle from Wednesday regular Eccles.
Financial Times 17,352 by BASILISK
Brilliant puzzle from Basilisk this morning.
Guardian Cryptic 29,012 by Brendan
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29012.
Inquisitor 1792: Trios by eXternal
I took a look at the list of last year’s Top 20 Inquisitor puzzles in terms of aggregate points awarded to the setters: eXternal and Ifor were almost inseparable at the top, with … Read more >>
Guardian 29,011 / Boatman
It’s a few months since I blogged a Boatman puzzle and I enjoyed this challenge – perhaps a little less tricky than he can be. There is an overt theme of drink, in … Read more >>
Independent 11,357 by Hoskins
It’s a while since we blogged a Hoskins.
Financial Times 17351 Artexlen
Thank you to Artexlen. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Afterthought to take in concerning old forecast (8) PRESAGED : PS(abbrev. for “postscript”, an afterthought/an additional remark at the end of … Read more >>
Azed No. 2,645 Plain
A typical Azed plain.
Financial Times 17,350 by BOBCAT
BOBCAT kicks the week off…
Guardian Cryptic 29,010 by Carpathian
A pleasant Monday solve – favourites 13ac, 14ac, 5dn, 10dn, and 20dn. Thanks to Carpathian for the puzzle
Guardian Quiptic 1,216/Anto
There were some carefully-constructed clues in this Quiptic from Anto, but as so often with this setter, a number of imprecisions which would have made it harder – and more frustrating – for … Read more >>
Independent 11,356 by Gila
After a few bruising Filberts a gentle Monday crossword from Gila today
Everyman 3,984
A good crossword from Everyman, not quite so easy as last week’s I found, but not too bad. It looks to me as if he has given up on the alliterative clues (remarkably clever while they lasted, but one must run out of such things) — the grid has very little colour in it — and instead has disciplined himself to having whole-word anagrams; or at any rate a large proportion of them. It’s hard enough to fill a grid and set a crossword without all these extra restrictions (the ‘primarily’ clue, the self-reference, now this anagram thing, and no doubt more that I haven’t noticed) that he imposes on himself.
Definitions underlined, in crimson. Anagram indicators shown like this *(anagram) or (anagram)*, indicators (homophone, reversal, anagram, juxtaposition etc) in italics, link-words in green.