More inventive clueing from Bluth today.
Financial Times 16,910 by NEO
Neo's todays FT compiler.
Guardian Cryptic 28,570 by Brendan
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28570.
Enigmatic Variations No.1506 – Potato Scraps by The Ace of Hearts
“One letter must be removed from each clue before solving; in clue order, these letters spell out four headwords/subheads (2 x two words, 2 x one word) in Chambers which have similar meanings. A trickster (six letters, to be highlighted) has implemented the definition of one of these words (which might be cryptically described as POTATO SCRAPS) on the completed grid; solvers must restore the grid to its original state by changing four letters in one entry. All entries in the original and final grid are real words; Chambers Dictionary (2016) is recommended. ”
Financial Times 16,900 by Mudd
Non-prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of September 25, 2021
Independent 10,915 / Tees
Tees has supplied this week’s mid-week puzzle. I found this one to be towards the harder end of the Tees spectrum. Although I slotted quite a few solutions in fairly quickly, I had … Read more >>
Financial Times 16,909 by GOZO
A mixture of easy clues and some tricky ones. Thank you Gozo.
Guardian 28,569 / Crucible
A welcome return for Crucible to fill the mid-week slot. We have a practically unmissable, I think, impressively wide-ranging theme of sports and games, in both clues and answers, with characteristically sound cluing … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1718: Epitaph by eXternal
The complex rubric read: Multiple letter clashes occur in eight cells, each creating a thematic word; definitions for these and definitions of an associated word for each appear as superfluous single words in … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 28,568 by Nutmeg
Had a slow start into this, then all went very smoothly. Favourites were 10ac, 12ac, 26ac, 6dn, 7dn, and 22dn. Thanks to Nutmeg for the puzzle.
Financial Times 16,908 by FALCON
A straightforward Tuesday offering with some eminently neat surfaces.
Independent 10914 / Hoskins
Hoskins fills the Tuesday slot this week, Tuesdays’ Independent puzzles often have a hidden message of some kind, but I can’t see one today. What I can see though is … Read more >>
Guardian Quiptic 1,142/Matilda
Matilda can usually be relied upon to produce an enjoyable and well-constructed Quiptic, and this fits that bill, I think. The only noteworthy point apart from that is that the puzzle is … Read more >>
Guardian 28,567 – Pan
Almost all very straightforward clueing this morning from Pan: I think this puzzle would have been more suited to the Quiptic slot, but a pleasant, if brief, diversion nonetheless. Thanks to Pan. … Read more >>
Financial Times 16,907 by BOBCAT
I’ve not heard of Bobcat before, but perhaps some of you have? An enjoyable challenge.