The second Picaroon in seven days!
Independent 11,168 / Phi
Friday is Phiday and thus brings us his latest crossword to solve. I found this to be a medium-difficulty Phi puzzle overall, one that I had to chip away at after writing in … Read more >>
S&B York 2022 – Friday 28th & Saturday 29th October 2022
S&B York 2022 – Friday 28th & Saturday 29th October 2022
Financial Times 17,159 by ARTEXLEN
An excellent challenge from ARTEXLEN this Friday.
Guardian 28,822 / Picaroon
A delightful romp of a puzzle from Picaroon to end the week. There were several laugh-out-loud clues, notably 11 and the audacious 26ac. I also particularly liked 14, 15 and 22 ac … Read more >>
Independent 11167 / Methuselah
Puzzles by Methuselah are appearing more frequently in the Independent weekday series and they offer entertaining challenges. Methuselah doesn’t take definitions straight from the dictionary so solvers have to engage in … Read more >>
Financial Times 17,158 by MOO
Today's FT setter is Moo.
Guardian Cryptic 28,821 by Brendan
A fun solve, with favourites 11ac, 14ac, 3dn, 13dn, 16dn, and 19dn. Thanks to Brendan for the puzzle.
Enigmatic Variations No. 1548: Growing Concern by Brock
Hell-oh all. I never thought that come the end of the world* we would be sitting around doing puzzles about it. Life is strange. A sobering but important month in the EV series … Read more >>
Financial Times 17,148 by Buccaneer
Non-prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of July 16, 2022
Financial Times 17,157 by GOZO
Another unusual grid from Gozo, all the across entries are 15 letters long. Thank you Gozo.
Independent 11,166 by Bluth
Another of Bluth’s regular Indy appearances: they’re always a fun challenge.
Guardian 28,820 – Nutmeg
You can’t go wrong with Nutmeg, and this was a typically elegant and enjoyable example of her work: perhaps not as tricky as she can be. Thanks to Nutmeg. Across 1 STAR … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1760: Shared Identity by Opsimath
Opsimath is making what seems like his annual summer appearance. Preamble: The wordplay in each across clue leads to the answer plus an extra letter, providing – in clue order – a … Read more >>
Financial Times 17156 Guy
Thank you to Guy. Some nice surfaces here. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Submarine that’s German and Irish and American (8) UNDERSEA : UND(German for “and”) + ERSE(the Irish Gaelic … Read more >>