Well – this was a toughie.
Guardian 28,799 / Paul
Apologies for the late post – I wrote half of this earlier in the week and then forgot that I hadn’t finished and scheduled the post. As ever with Paul, this was a … Read more >>
Never knowingly undersolved
Apologies for the late post – I wrote half of this earlier in the week and then forgot that I hadn’t finished and scheduled the post. As ever with Paul, this was a … Read more >>
Well – this was a toughie.
Having swapped this week’s blogging slots with Andrew, I was disappointed to find that I’d missed a Tramp puzzle on Tuesday – but, as it has turned out, we’ve both been lucky. Another … Read more >>
It’s the end of the week and once again we are in Phi’s safe hands.
An enjoyable challenge from JULIUS today.
Serpent’s latest puzzle awaited us this morning, set on a grid made up of short- and medium-length entries. I found this to be a medium-to-hard puzzle in terms of difficulty. When I had … Read more >>
Bobcat’s puzzle is a headscratcher.
A strange preamble this week – subject, verb, objects to be found with the clued verbs being replaced by the objects and five unclued entries to be filled with the subjects. Sounds a … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28803.
Non-prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of June 25, 2022
At the easier end of the Monk scale, so not very easy!. Thank you Monk.
It’s Wednesday, which is often a day for an Eccles puzzle It took me a long time to work out the parsing for REEBOK at 11 across. It was only when … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28802.
This week’s Inquisitor is set by Hedge-sparrow, a fairly prolific setter of barred crosswords in various publications. There was quite a detailed preamble. It told us that "Clockwise from the … Read more >>
Grecian’s debut in the Independent was a few months ago; this is his or her second puzzle, as far as I can tell.