Thanks to Tramp for the puzzle
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, etc …
We reach the end of another year
Listener no. 4896: Pull! By Eclogue
The Bish half of DASH is on duty this week as the Numpty is off-grid, and he always enjoys a puzzle by Eclogue: but what will it be this time?
Guardian 29,882 – Kite
Thanks to Kite for a puzzle that was not too tricky for a Friday, helped by …
Independent 12,230 by Tees
Tees is in the Friday slot this week.
Financial Times 18,243 by SOLOMON
A solid offering from SOLOMON this Friday.
Enigmatic Variations No. 1724: First or Second by Vismut
Hello, with apologies this blog is a day late.
Independent 12,229 / Coot
Coot has provided this Thursday’s teaser. I haven’t blogged many of his puzzles, so I wasn’t quite sure what to expect today.
Financial Times 18,242 by LEONIDAS
My 1,000th Fifteensquared blog.
Guardian 29881 / Paul
scchua, the schedule blogger for today’s puzzle is unavailable, so I am substituting. Whenever I stand in for a Guardian blogger, I am always a bit nervous about which setter I am going to be faced with. Today, my nerves increased a bit when I saw the setter was Paul.
Private Eye (Cyclops / 819) *Redacted redacted*
I normally make a headline for the Eye blog using a couple of the answers from the puzzle but I have redacted them this time.
Not because they are tremendously rude – it’s an Eye puzzle so anything may appear – but because some of you reading this might not have tackled the puzzle yet. You might not have realised the current issue very unusually is only for 1 week instead of the usual fortnight.
If so, go away and try this puzzle before coming back here. Link https://www.private-eye.co.uk/crossword
Financial Times 18,241 by IO
A head-scratcher from Io this morning.
Coming today … MyCrossword Featured Puzzle
I’ve been liaising with those nice people at https://mycrossword.co.uk
Independent 12228 / Crosophile
Regular Independent setters are not in their usual place this week, so we have a Crosophile puzzle this Wednesday.
Guardian Cryptic crossword No 29,880 by Imogen
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29880.