A slightly tricky challenge from Alchemi today.
Guardian Cryptic 28,552 by Crucible
A fun challenge – I especially liked 15dn, and other favourites were 10ac, 13ac, and 20dn. Thanks to Crucible.
Financial Times 16,892 by STEERPIKE
A new setter…?
Enigmatic Variations No. 1503: The Proverbial Way by X-Type
Is X-Type going to lead us up the PROVERBIAL path, or take us any which WAY?…
Financial Times 16,882 by Buccaneer
Non-prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of September 4, 2021
Financial Times 16,891 by GOZO
I found this puzzle harder than usual. There is not much that is very obscure in here, I just took me a long time to spot everything. Thank you Gozo.
Independent 10,897 by Eccles
Eccles appears in the mid-week slot this week.
Guardian 28,551 – Vlad
I wouldn’t call this easy, exactly, but some well-constructed clues meant that I got through it quite quickly. Some political commentary raises its head, as often with this setter, with one particularly clever … Read more >>
Independent 10,896 / Knut
Independent 10,896 / Knut This week’s Tuesday puzzle has been compiled by Knut. It is Tuesday today, so we know to expect a theme and/or a Nina. This time we appear to have … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1715: For Her Eyes Only by Artix
For Her Eyes Only by Artix Initial letters of single extra words in 11 clues may be rearranged to give the author of a series of works whose eponym – omitting an … Read more >>
Financial Times 16,890 by FALCON
A swift solve with a satisfying finish.
Guardian Cryptic 28,550 by Anto
Today’s Guardian setter is Anto.
Guardian Quiptic 1139 Carpathian
Thank you to Carpathian. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Carpathian has achieved one-word definitions in all the across clues and in all but 3 of the down ones. Across 1. Second wine … Read more >>
Independent 10,895/Skinny
Skinny starts off the Indy week for us, with a puzzle that’s unusual because … … it has a theme. I only blog the weekday Indy on a Monday, and it’s very seldom … Read more >>
Financial Times 16,889 by SLORMGORM
SLORMGORM kicks off the week…