An enjoyable start to the week.
Independent on Sunday 1,617/Hoskins
It’s a while since a Hoskins puzzle came up on my watch. Always a fun solve. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = anagram indicator … Read more >>
Azed 2540
Azed presents us with a plain puzzle this week. Of course, Azed plain puzzles are not as easy as other setters’ plain puzzles. There were quite a few French references this week or … Read more >>
Guardian 28,368 / Philistine
Sorry for the late and rushed post! This was a fun and fairly easy puzzle from Philistine. There was a minor theme of CORVIDs – crow, magpie and raven, but no COVID / … Read more >>
Independent 10,720 by Tyrus (Sat 20-Feb 2021)
I found this hard. Really, really hard. As such, it is an excellent tool to discover the limits of your own capabilities. Which is what the theme was all about. Not that I … Read more >>
Financial Times 16,714 by BRADMAN
A tough challenge from Bradman this morning, which I made heavy weather of.
Guardian 28,373 / Brummie
After what a number of commenters have called a tough week, we have a more straightforward puzzle from Brummie to round it off. We never know whether or not to expect a theme … Read more >>
Independent 10,719 by Phi
It’s Phi-day again – in these strange times, it’s good to have a marker to remind us what day it is.
Enigmatic Variations No. 1473 Sea Shell by The Ace of Hearts
A snowy February and a puzzle from the Ace of Hearts. Extra letters in each clue to be removed and these spell out a definition in Chambers. Also five clashes to resolve using … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 28,372 by Vlad
Tough and a very fun – I had a huge smile after 17dn, and other favourites included 9ac, 11ac, 12ac, and 15dn. Lots of thanks to Vlad for the puzzle
Financial Times 16,713 by CHALMIE
Chalmie is this morning's FT setter.
Independent 10,718 / Tees
Tees is occupying the Thursday slot this week. I found this to be an enjoyable, medium-difficulty puzzle, which I was able to solve independently with the exception of the WHO Director-General, whose name … Read more >>
Financial Times 16,703 by Alberich
Non-prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of February 6, 2021
Financial Times 16,712 by IO
Not as hard as Io can be, quite amenable in comparison. I get let off lightly today! Thank you Io.