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Thank you Basilisk. Some nice surfaces here. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Great role identified by diminutive actor? (6) HAMLET : HAM(an overacting actor) – LET(a suffix signifying a small/diminutive … Read more >>
Haven’t seen Lato here for a year or so. Preamble: Thematic clues are listed in alphabetical order of their solutions which must be paired off and entered incompletely where they fit. Extra … Read more >>
It’s been quite a while since we last blogged a Radian puzzle, so we looked forward to this. And we weren’t disappointed. Being a Radian and on a Tuesday, there had to be … Read more >>
Puck is playing games (well, a game) with us today. I didn’t actually notice the “theme” until after I’d completed the puzzle, but once I had the completed gris in front of me, … Read more >>
An enjoyable and mostly easy puzzle. ACROSS 1 SEINFELD US sitcom character‘s life ends badly (8) (Life ends)* 5 GRADES Grammar school receiving excellent 5th place in Ofsted’s rankings (6) G{rammar} … Read more >>
Matilda has produced a pleasing Quiptic this morning, which I think meets the brief – ‘for beginners, and those in a hurry’ – pretty well. For those in the former category, additional explanation … Read more >>
Hamilton’s distinctive style is often commented on as being a bit cavalier with “the rules”. Despite the odd questionable surface, I very much enjoyed this puzzle. There were a few write-ins but that’s … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28339. I think Vulcan is now hitting the right notes for the Monday slot, after a shaky start as a Rufus tribute (and picking up on what … Read more >>
The Everyman used to be excellent. Then its setter retired and it went through a short period of being rather unsatisfactory. Now it seems to be returning to its previous standard — harder, … Read more >>
A plain competition puzzle from Azed this week This was a week where I solved more clues on the first pass through than I usually do. We had the usual … Read more >>
A nice Sunday puzzle as usual from Tees, makes you think a bit but not so much as to spoil the digestion. Thank you Tees. ACROSS 8 SANSKRIT Language without appeal draws … Read more >>
Happy new year – well it’s a new one anyway and hopefully we will make it happy. And a treat from Tyrus today. My luck is certainly in – rota wise. Not sure … Read more >>
I found this quite tricky. No show-stoppers, but a series of finicky wordplays to be untangled. Thank you Vlad. ACROSS 1, 13 FLAVOUR OF THE MONTH In season? (7,2,3,5) cryptic definition – … Read more >>
Happy New Year 2021 folks. My first blog for 2021 and a solid challenge from BRADMAN to get things going, thanks to whom for this intellectual treat. There may be some improvements possible … Read more >>
Phi gives us a good challenge to end the working week (if there is such a standard thing these days) The English language is fascinating with the variety of different … Read more >>