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Gila is an Independent setter who appears every two or three months. There is a bit of a food and drink theme to this puzzle with sweet items in three … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28510.
Hi all. Thanks to Vismut for another fun puzzle with a theme I enjoyed finding – and finding out about. The preamble reads: The 24 unnumbered clues contain an extra translated word … Read more >>
Non-prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of July 17, 2021
A super puzzle, there is a lot to go at in here. Io makes you think harder than the average setter! Thank you Io.
Always good to meet Bluth for a bit of crossword fun.
Soup has appeared several times as a setter of the Genius puzzle, and he did a joint effort (a tribute to Araucaria) with Enigmatist last February, but I’m pretty sure this is his … Read more >>
An enjoyable solve and with a couple of gettable longer solutions helping me get started into the grid. Looked down a couple of paths for possible themes but haven’t found anything convincing. Favourite clues were 1ac, 10ac, 13ac, and 14ac. Thanks to Brummie.
Skylark, the third of four female setters in Ladies’ month (although this July has five Saturdays so there’s room for one more). Preamble: Symmetrical grid entries contain the endings of four lines … Read more >>
Thank you to Goliath. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Note as clever? Not half! (6) QUAVER : QUA(as/being/in the capacity of, as in “President Trump qua president was no different … Read more >>
Italicus makes one of his relatively rare appearances today
A delightful Quiptic from Carpathian this morning, with crystal-clear cluing and a nice variety of devices for the less-experienced solver to wrestle with. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as … Read more >>
Wire provides today’s challenge, with a few tricky parsings but plenty of fun.
Great Monday puzzle from SLORMGORM.
After blogging a Paul on Friday, I wasn’t expecting another one today; I also wasn’t expecting something that was a long way from a “gentle Monday puzzle”. It was obvious that I wouldn’t … Read more >>