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.
Inquisitor 1937: Made in Britain by Encota
Today’s blog explains a puzzle by Encota, who is a setter who has appeared in the Inquisitor five times previously, dating back to September 2017. All the puzzles have had completely different themes, so it will be interesting to see what we have this week.