Found this tough, and had to guess and check 20dn at the end – still not sure about the parsing. Lots to enjoy, especially 8ac, 24ac, 2dn, 5dn, 11dn, and 17dn.
Independent 10,921 by Eccles
Eccles fills the mid-week slot again today.
Independent 10,920 / Radian
Radian’s latest puzzle adorns our screens this morning. And since today is Tuesday, we should expect a theme. As themes go, this was one of the less well disguised one, in that clues … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1719: Whowasdun by Charybdis
Whowasdun by Charybdis 35ac and the title of a detective mystery are to be deduced and the detective (thematically affected) highlighted in the grid. Alas, the person addressed in the title (4, … Read more >>
Financial Times 16,914 by JASON
Hard sums for a Tuesday…
Guardian 28,574 – Qaos
I found this a bit harder than usual for Qaos, but in retrospect most of the clueing is quite straightforward, so maybe I just wasn’t thinking in the right way. I was led … Read more >>
Independent 10,919 by Filbert
I found this quite tough in places but the compensation came in the form of some excellent clues.
Guardian Quiptic 1143 Hectence
Thanks to Hectence. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Tourist needs face mask going round city centre (7) VISITOR : VISOR(archaic language for a “face mask”) containing(going round) central 2 letters … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 28,573 by Vulcan
Typical Monday fare, or was it?
Financial Times 16,913 by SLORMGORM
Monday begins with a SLORMGORM…
Cyclops 712 – Tepid Turnips
Cyclops’ cryptic spray gun has some less-than-regular targets this fortnight…as well as some classic clueing smuttery…
Independent on Sunday 1,650 by Nitsy
The puzzle is available here. Hello everyone. This felt quite tricky at first, but after a not very fruitful first read through I warmed up and tuned in to finish in a … Read more >>
Azed 2573
As I was writing up this blog, it struck me that most of the parsing of the clues is very straightforward: I think more so than usual. Of course there’s the usual helping … Read more >>
Everyman 3,912
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3912.
Independent 10,918 by Monk (Saturday Puzzle 9 October 2021)
Any hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobes should look away now…Monk presents a puzzle with no fewer than six 15-letter entries…