A rare departure from Mondays for Slormgorm today.
Guardian Cryptic 28,952 by Boatman
The puzze may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28952.
Inquisitor 1782: Seasonally Appropriate by Plench
We are present once more at the scene of a misdemeanour. After completion of the grid, a crime takes place. Solvers must remove the content of nine cells, leaving relevant words behind, to … Read more >>
Guardian 28,951 / Picaroon
A highly entertaining offering from Picaroon, with a playful theme and lots of interesting references. Following my usual practice of working my way through the clues in order, I was about three quarters … Read more >>
Independent 11297 / Hoskins
Hoskins is the setter for the Tuesday Independent this week. I had noticed MARX and BROTHERS in the grid, but hadn’t looked much beyond that until I remembered that Tuesday … Read more >>
Financial Times 17,289 by BUCCANEER
A remarkably good puzzle today from Buccaneer . . .
Guardian Cryptic 28,950 by Qaos
A lot of clever clueing and not too tricky to solve. I liked 15ac, 5dn, 7dn, 23dn, and especially 22ac. Thanks to Qaos for the puzzle
Quiptic 1,206 by Pasquale
Quiptic fun from Pasquale for Boxing Day.
Independent 11,296 by Grecian
We are standing in for NealH today. Neal – we hope you are having an enjoyable time away.
Grecian provides our first post-Christmas challenge today.
Financial Times 17,288 by GUY
GUY provides a Boxing Day treat…
Independent on Sunday 1,713, Christmas Day 2022/Umpire
I shouldn’t have left such a big glass of sherry out for Père Noël last evening. He’s brought me a puzzle to blog on Christmas Day. What’s occurring? I guess that since the … Read more >>
Everyman 3,975
Feeling hungry for an Everyman blog?
Independent 11,295 by Phi
Hi everybody, and all the best for the festive season.
Phi has provided an enjoyable puzzle as usual, but there is something else going on.
Guardian Prize No 28,943 by Picaroon
Picaroon has set a challenging Guardian prize puzzle this week. There were many excellent clues in this puzzle, some with very smooth surfaces and others with clever misdirection in the … Read more >>
Financial Times 17,280 by Goliath
Weekend puzzle from the FT of December 17, 2022