Carpathian usually shows up in the Guardian about once a month, either at the trickier end of the Quiptic range (as here) or in the regular Monday slot.
Independent 11,170 by Filbert
I found this a fairly challenging puzzle with a few clues that needed quite a lot of crossing letters before I could solve them.
Guardian Cryptic 28,824 by Vulcan
Found this trickier than most Mondays, and still not 100% sure on all of the parsings. Favourites were 4ac, 2dn, and especially 26ac. Thanks to Vulcan
Financial Times 17,161 by SLORMGORM
This week, and month, begin with a SLORMGORM…
Guardian Genius 229 by Karla
A conventional puzzle with an unusual clueing style for this month’s Genius.
Everyman 3,954/24 July
Another pleasing and well-constructed puzzle from Everyman, with its now well-established trio of features: the rhyming couplet, the first letter clue and the self-reference. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue … Read more >>
Independent on Sunday 1692 Shabbo
Thank you to Shabbo. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. A few good-looking bananas dropped off (4) SOME : “handsome”(good-looking/physically attractive) minus(… dropped off) “hand”(a bundle or cluster of bananas). 3. … Read more >>
Independent 11,169 by Tees
You learn something new every day and you certainly do if you tackle Tees’s puzzles. Solving started at pace: 8A SEA WALL seemed very obvious, then 1D ASTEROID looked like a well known … Read more >>
Guardian Prize 28,817 by Picaroon
The second Picaroon in seven days!
Independent 11,168 / Phi
Friday is Phiday and thus brings us his latest crossword to solve. I found this to be a medium-difficulty Phi puzzle overall, one that I had to chip away at after writing in … Read more >>
S&B York 2022 – Friday 28th & Saturday 29th October 2022
S&B York 2022 – Friday 28th & Saturday 29th October 2022
Financial Times 17,159 by ARTEXLEN
An excellent challenge from ARTEXLEN this Friday.
Guardian 28,822 / Picaroon
A delightful romp of a puzzle from Picaroon to end the week. There were several laugh-out-loud clues, notably 11 and the audacious 26ac. I also particularly liked 14, 15 and 22 ac … Read more >>
Independent 11167 / Methuselah
Puzzles by Methuselah are appearing more frequently in the Independent weekday series and they offer entertaining challenges. Methuselah doesn’t take definitions straight from the dictionary so solvers have to engage in … Read more >>
Financial Times 17,158 by MOO
Today's FT setter is Moo.