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An Alternative Guide to Wonderland by Phi Most clues define the answer that is entered but have wordplay that ignores up to four letters of that answer. The cells containing these ignored … Read more >>
A decent Tuesday test, with some convoluted parses to counter complacency.
I found the top half of this rather easier than the bottom, helped by a strange coincidence, and some helpful anagrams. No theme or Nina that I can see, but I could be … Read more >>
A tribute from Eimi for a milestone birthday.
Thank you to Matilda. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Advantageous to be young with a lisp … (6) USEFUL : … pronounced(to be …) with a lisp, “youthful”(young). 5. … … Read more >>
An (almost) typical Monday offering.
Monday begins with a SLORMGORM…
After the excitement of Cyclops’ 700th puzzle, and the wrinkly/crinkly dichotomy of 701, we are back to the ‘new normal’ with this issue’s puzzle…
The puzzle is available here. Hi everyone, and sorry for the later than usual post. It completely slipped my mind. Many thanks to Raich for what was for me a trouble free … Read more >>
A plain puzzle from Azed this week.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3892.
I think this is only my second blog of an Alchemi Indy puzzle, the other one being 8853 back in 2015 – when the Indy was a paper paper and the Saturday puzzle was a prize one…and Corona was just a brand of Mexican beer…ahhh…such happy, innocent, carefree days…
It’s only a couple of weeks since Tramp made one of his rare appearances in the ‘Prize’ slot, so it was a welcome surprise to see him here again. This puzzle was, for … Read more >>
Thank you to Puck. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Drawer once containing office PC? (4,9) JOHN CONSTABLE : JOHN(slang for a toilet, euphemistically called the “office”, as in “the usual … Read more >>
Phi is back in his usual Friday role after brief excursions to Saturday and Tuesday. I thought this was probably about right for a Friday: in other words, not easy.