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Tees’s crosswords were once full of cultural references and one needed a rather good general knowledge to cope. But in this, everything was quite gentle and by my standards I raced through it. … Read more >>
Ifor – can usually be relied upon for many fine clues, often with few redundant words in them. I’m looking forward to it. Preamble: Clues to one entry in each odd-numbered row … Read more >>
Thank you to Falcon. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Colour scheme in side corridor (5) DECOR : Hidden in(in) “side corridor“. 4. Material needed by friend, organ cleaner (6,3) COTTON … Read more >>
It’s been about a year since we last blogged a Crosophile, so we looked forward to this. We always like the challenge of identifying the theme on a Tuesday as well. This theme … Read more >>
THe puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28317. That took a time to complete – there is nothing outlandish, but a whole lot of meaty clues that too me some work to elucidate, There … Read more >>
Due to a recent WordPress update, a WordPress comment plugin, which the site used to use, no longer works, so I have had to deactivate it. This means that you will now only … Read more >>
Update: I have found the cause of the missing paragraph spaces in comments. The plugin that generated the WYSIWYG comment field is not compatible with the latest version of WordPress. I have therefore … Read more >>
I found this to be relatively challenging for a Monday, but very witty and great fun to solve! I feel I must be missing something with 4a so please do correct or enlighten … Read more >>
Vulcan is back in his regular fortnightly Monday slot. I found this a gently pleasant solve, with some clever anagrams and witty definitions. There are several (good) cryptic definitions but, unusually for a … Read more >>
Beale was one of the original setters way back in the day when the Quiptic launched over twenty years ago before disappearing from the scene, but has reappeared recently. Whether he or she … Read more >>
A new setter added to the Indy stable for our Monday morning pleasure. I thought this was a sound puzzle, with some very carefully crafted surfaces and a good range of devices. But … Read more >>
Cyclops is working the last few Trumpian references out of his system and into his clue wordplay, before Ronald T Dump is finally consigned to the S-bend of history, in a couple of puzzles’ time…
Perhaps a slightly trickier Everyman this week, though there are still some easy clues to get started. As usual, Everyman takes liberties with some rather 21a anagram indicators, and similarly the definitions are … Read more >>
Not so many obscure words this week, but as enjoyable as ever. Thank you Azed. ACROSS 1 GUM DRAGON Stick type of net over dyeing material (9, 2 words) GUM (stick) DRAG (type … Read more >>
A very nice puzzle I thought. Thank you Tees. ACROSS 1 HARDPAN Tricky to wash gravel through subsoil layer (7) HARD (tricky) PAN (to wash gravel through) 5 ANAGRAM Gelding niggled by … Read more >>