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Hi all. Quince has been a bit naughty today
Guardian Quick Cryptic 84 by Carpathian
This week’s 11 x 11 crossword from the Guardian intended to teach cryptic crosswords, found here
Listener No 4890 Naked Attraction by Hawk
Dave Hennings’ Crossword Database tells us that this will be Hawk’s fifth Listener crossword. How buff is it going to be?
Guardian Cryptic crossword No 29,846 by Pasquale
Found this quite tricky after a quick start. My favourites were 18ac, 24/25, 8dn, and 19dn. Thanks to Pasquale.
Independent 12194 / Phi
Phi challenges us in his usual way this Friday
Financial Times 18,207 by SOLOMON
A fitting end to the work week from SOLOMON!
Independent 12,193 by Bluth
Our Thursday challenge from Bluth.
Guardian 29,845 – Fed
An enjoyable puzzle with a few tricky parsings that were fun to work out. Thanks to Fed.
Financial Times 18,206 by GUY
Guy is the setter this morning.
Enigmatic Variations No.1718 – Wanted by Kruger
“Each clue contains an extra word that must be removed before solving. In clue order, these words contribute letters to a phrase in one of two ways; in eight cases the first and last letters are used and in the remainder the position of the word within the clue indicates the position of the required letter within that word. This phrase identifies the eight unclued entries and solvers must highlight two clued entries that were, in the first instance, associated with them. Contents of the grey cells can be arranged to give what was WANTED which must be written below the grid. Chambers Dictionary (2016) is recommended.”
Financial Times 18,205 by IO
A tough challenge from IO this morning.
Independent 12,192 by Eccles
It’s Wednesday and we are more than pleased to have another Eccles to blog.
Guardian Cryptic crossword No 29,844 by Boatman
Boatman is this morning’s setter.