An excellent challenge from GOLIATH this Friday.
Independent 10,916 by Bluth
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 >>