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A puzzle today from Bluebird who is a fairly new setter on the Independent roster. I think this is the third crossword set by Bluebird. A study of the grid … Read more >>
Hello, and happy Jubbly weekend! Thanks to Piccadilly, who has given us a fun reminder of where to go with the EV when done – which certainly beats the Telegraph telling the EV … Read more >>
Non-prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of May 21, 2022
A themed puzzle today, but not a difficult one. Thank you Gozo.
Our midweek challenge comes from Italicus, who’s been appearing more frequently in 2022 than in previous years.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28772.
The Ace of Hearts makes his (almost) annual appearance. Preamble: From the answer to each clue a letter must be deleted wherever it appears before entry into the grid; Definitions refer to … Read more >>
It’s always a treat to land a Picaroon puzzle to blog but this one was extra special for me, with its evocations of favourite poems, plays and places. I can’t list all my … Read more >>
Thank you to Mudd. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Retiring nurses fighting authority, provider of shoddy work (6) COWBOY : COY(retiring/shy or pretending to be shy) containing(nurses) WBO(abbrev. for the … Read more >>
This is Vernon’s second Indy puzzle.
This weeks puzzle from Azed is a plain puzzle. Of course, a plain Azed puzzle involves more unusual words as entries and parts of the wordplay, than you find in national daily crosswords. … Read more >>
Peto offers us a good, but challenging start to the week.
A fine crossword from Carpathian, which hits the spot for a Quiptic nicely, I think. A generous grid, some Easy Annies to get going with, no obscure words, a nice variety of devices. … Read more >>
This was mostly on the easy side, but a few required some thinking to work out the correct parsing.
A fun start to the week – favourites today were 10ac, 14ac, 3dn, 7dn, and 15dn. Thanks to Anto