Lots of tricky fun – many likes including 1ac, 9ac, 12ac, 14ac, 18ac, 24ac, 2dn, 3dn, 7dn… thanks to Picaroon for the puzzle
Inquisitor 1724: Flight Plan by Kruger
Kruger’s 50th Inquisitor puzzle. Preamble: Seventeen clues contain an extra word that must be removed before solving. In clue order, the first or fourth letters of each extra word followed by the … Read more >>
Independent 10,950 by Tees
Tees teases us today
Guardian 28,604 – Imogen
I found this quite a tough one, though in retrospect everything is soundly clued. A couple of bits of general knowledge might cause some trouble. Thanks to Imogen Across 9 CHIPOLATA Some … Read more >>
Financial Times 16944 Zamorca
Thank you to Zamorca. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Posts soldiers to guard heavy artillery, initially two in position (3-5) JOB-SHARE : JOBS(posts/positions in an organisation) + RE(abbrev. for the … Read more >>
Guardian Quiptic 1,148/Hectence
Always a smile on my face when I see Hectence’s name come up on my watch. A pleasing puzzle with her trademark twist. The twist is that it’s a pangram – all 26 … Read more >>
Financial Times 16,943 by MOO
Definitely not a typical Monday puzzle!
Independent 10,949/Bluth
Bluth eases us into the Indy week. Although I’m not sure ‘eases’ is entirely the right choice of verb – I found this tricky in many places. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 28,603 by Matilda
Matilda's Monday morning misdirections
General Discussion
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Independent on Sunday 1,655 by Italicus
My apologies for the late blog everybody.
Everyman 3,917
There are some nice clues in this crossword, but also a few that I’m not comfortable with, as will be clear from the blog.
Definitions in crimson, underlined. Indicators (anagram, reversal, homophone etc) in italics. Anagrams indicated like *(this) or (this)*
Azed No. 2,578 ‘Letters Latent’ – Competition Puzzle
I normally solve the Azed specials quite comfortably but I found this one tough going. Very enjoyable nevertheless. Thank you Azed.
Independent 10,948 by Tees (Saturday Puzzle 13 November 2021)
Tees rounds off the week in the Indy…
Guardian Saturday Crossword 28,596 by Picaroon (6 November 2021)
Some Saturday fun from Picaroon…