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An entertaining puzzle from Fed today, with a lot of easier clues, but a few that got me thinking, and a couple of unfamiliar terms. Thanks to Fed. Across 9 LAPLANDER Northerner‘s … Read more >>
Wiglaf brings us the Thursday challenge this week ……..
Across clues have an extra letter to spell out a name and a decoration. Seven down clues have a redundant word described by two words in a book title in the middle of … Read more >>
Chalmie is our setter this morning.
Apologies for the late blog. I am attending a funeral today, and the crossword completely slipped my mind.
Eccles has provided a medium-difficulty puzzle for this mid-week slot, on an unusual grid with limited variety in terms of entry length. I made swift progress through this enjoyable puzzle, with the NE … Read more >>
Thanks to Bradman for this morning’s challenge.
A whole host of instructions to follow in this week’s preamble: A character or (in one case) a word must be removed from each clue before solving: these spell out two instructions. Of … Read more >>
Tees provides the Tuesday challenge this week Tuesday is theme day in the Independent and we have a clear theme today with the puzzle being a tribute to PELE [1940 … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28975.
Some clever clues today from Gurney . . .
A plain Azed that relies less on Scots and archaic terms than I’ve become used to.
Gaufrid – RIP I learned earlier today that Geoff Moss (aka Gaufrid) died last week. Most of you will know that Gaufrid was the custodian of Fifteensquared for around thirteen years before he … Read more >>
GAFF provides us with a 25th anniversary film themed puzzle to begin the week…
Carpathian slips comfortably into the Monday slot with a straightforward puzzle with some elegant clues (including several old favourites) and smooth surfaces. The four long answers at 1 and 26ac and 7 and … Read more >>