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Another excellent Prize puzzle from Paul. Tricky to get started: the clues are not obscure but just not obvious, if you get what I mean. Thanks Paul ACROSS 1 CALLIGRAPHIST A measure of … Read more >>
A riveting challenge from WANDERER today. A nina runs along the sides of the grid – although the significance is lost on me. I was thinking about the wildfires in the US but … Read more >>
Phi is in his usual Friday slot Some of the entries looked like names so I thought there might be a theme. A bit of research showed that there is … Read more >>
Thanks to Paul for the challenge. I was getting nowhere until 18 across was cracked. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Scientific solver admits he is perplexed by abbreviation of name … Read more >>
Today’s FT puzzle can be found here There was a lot to like in this puzzle, my favourites being the clues for SPEEDWELL, MIDNIGHT, ARPEGGIO and PREGNANT. However… …RIALTO is not an island … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28241. As a crossword with very few easy answer, I found this challenging, particularly for the cross-references, but very well crafted, and worth the effort. There are … Read more >>
I don’t think I’ve had the pleasure before, so this was the first time Skinny has had me, although he has appeared several times in The Indy. It was a very pleasant crossword, … Read more >>
As far as we know, the ‘Beagle 2′ Mars rover landed, but never became operational – maybe it got stuck in the caramel layer…and it was named after Darwin’s ship ‘HMS Beagle‘, which landed him safely on many shores…
Non-prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of September 5, 2020 A puzzle from Julius often means one with a theme and this one is packed with the unannounced theme of Nellie the Elephant. … Read more >>
Sorry for the late post everyone, and thanks to Chalmie for the puzzle. ACROSS 1 RELATE Tell extremely equivocal judge to go outside (6) EquivocaL (outer letter, extremes of) inside (…to go … Read more >>
A reasonably tough challenge from Imogen today, with one or two tricky bits of parsing but I think I got there in the end. The clues are, on the whole, elegantly constructed, with … Read more >>
Eccles is back in the midweek spot today. As we have come to expect, this was a fun solve with lots of good surfaces and neat wordplay. We had to check the Mexican … Read more >>
Radian has set this week’s Tuesday crossword. I wonder what the theme might be … A quick perusal of the clues suggests a (Scottish) clothing theme, and this is confirmed by the solutions. … Read more >>
Equivalency by Eclogue The unclued across and down entries each illustrate one side of an equivalency whose statement and source is provided, in clue order, by superfluous letters generated in wordplay. Solvers must … Read more >>
Hamilton at his most cheerfully infuriating. Always a challenge, often for the wrong reasons, and always fun of a kind, I s'pose, though if you came here looking for elucidation of the first … Read more >>