Non-prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of January 29, 2022
Financial Times 17,014 by MONK
A middle difficulty puzzle (for Monk). Not easy, but certainly solvable by “mere mortals”. Thank you Monk.
Independent 11,022 by Eccles
Our regular Wednesday challenge from Eccles.
Guardian Cryptic 28,676 by Imogen
Imogen brings up the century
Inquisitor 1736: The Magic Number by Check
Check – the third of four new setters in a row. Preamble: Clues are listed in conventional order. Bars (displaying 180° symmetry) and clue numbering are not required. Two cells are initially … Read more >>
Independent 11,021 by Hoskins
Hoskins sets the Tuesday challenge this week.
Financial Times 17013 Hamilton
Thank you to Hamilton. Definitions are underlined in the clues. These fictional detectives/investigators appear in the solutions: Carter, Vera, Miss Marple, Luther, Pendragon, Endeavour Morse, and Lewis, all of whom have appeared in … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 28,675 by Nutmeg
The crossword may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28675.
Azed No. 2,590 Plain
A higher proportion of interesting and obscure words than the previous puzzle. Thank you Azed.
Guardian 28,674 / Pan
It’s Pan starting the week today. A straightforward puzzle with just a couple of new words for me at 7dn and 27dn. There are some nice surfaces throughout the puzzle. … Read more >>
Guardian Quiptic 1,160/Carpathian
Always a pleasure to solve and blog a Carpathian puzzle. A Quiptic that hits the mark for the target audience, with the bonus of being a pangram. There will be someone out there … Read more >>
Independent 11,020/Bluth
A thoroughly enjoyable romp around the latest political shenanigans with Bluth. Not everyone’s cup of tea, but I loved it; and will warn you here that once Bluth had started to put the … Read more >>
Financial Times 17,012 by FLIMSY
Not too challenging but enjoyable.
Everyman 3,929
This didn’t seem to me to be so good as some of the recent Everymans: it was sound enough but I think one or two of the surface readings are a bit tortuous, not reading very naturally; and what picture is painted by 12ac or 3dn for example?
Definitions in crimson, underlined. Indicators (anagram, homophone, hidden, juxtaposition etc.) in italics. Link-words in green. Anagrams indicated (like this)* or *(like this).
Guardian Genius 223 by Picaroon
Absolutely no ambiguity about the preamble this month, but a tricky challenge nonetheless.