A tricky one today, but a good one. Thank you Monk.
Guardian 28,359 / Imogen
Imogen sets the challenge today, with his customary mix of easy and slightly tougher clues, all fair and with smooth and meaningful surfaces. I particularly liked 9, 11 and 25ac and 16dn. Thanks … Read more >>
Independent 10,705 by Filbert
Filbert fills the mid-week slot this week
Independent 10,704 / Alchemi
Alchemi has provided today’s puzzle for our delectation. It is a while since I have been called upon to blog one of his puzzles. I found this quite an easy puzzle to make … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1683: Ground Force by Ifor
Ground Force by Ifor All clues bar five contain either a single or two consecutive extra letters to be removed, always from a single word, and leaving a shorter word. When read in … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 28,358 by Brummie
Found this tough to finish, with several unfamiliar words which were mostly gettable but required some double-checking. Favourites were 8ac, 11ac, 5dn, 18dn, and 19dn. Thanks to Brummie
Financial Times 16,699 by BUCCANEER
Joy. A new setter. And a good' un, too.
Independent 10,703 by Tees
An excellent puzzle that had me delving quite deeply at times to see how the clues worked.
Guardian 28,357 – Pan
Not as easy as Pan can be – certainly harder than her Prize puzzle a couple of weeks ago – but generally straightforward and Monday-friendly. Thanks to Pan Across 4. DOCTOR Tamper … Read more >>
Guardian Quiptic 1107 Carpathian
Thank you to Carpathian. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Difficult prisoner loudly taking drugs (9) CONFUSING : CON(short for “convict”/prisoner) + F(abbrev. for “forte”, musical instruction to play loudly) + … Read more >>
Financial Times 16,698 by SLORMGORM
A smooth start to the week from SLORMGORM…
Cyclops 694 – Flirty Oomph!
An enjoyable Cyclops, with a line-up of the usual suspects as clue-surface-reading targets…
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Independent on Sunday 1,614 by Kairos
The puzzle can be found here. Hi all. I enjoyed today’s puzzle, despite one clue which I don’t think works (25a). Including cats is a guaranteed way to please me, and I … Read more >>
Guardian Genius No 211 by Chameleon
This is the second Genius puzzle by Chameleon (his first was No 202, back in April last year). The special instructions said: “In six clues their wordplay element contains surplus letters, to be … Read more >>