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A gentle ZAMORCA for an Easter Monday… Hope you all had a happy Easter! An enjoyable bunch of clues here, with nothing proving too taxing – though 8a took longer to solve and … Read more >>
I enjoyed solving and blogging this Everyman offering. Nicely constructed, and with a wide variety of subject matter to get your teeth into. There are the trademarks as usual. The two linked clues … Read more >>
The competition puzzle that isn’t: “We regret that prizes for our puzzles are temporarily suspended” says the website. I got through this one reasonably quickly, and didn’t have too much trouble writing up … Read more >>
Thank you Alchemi. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Even numbers tossing cabers (6) BRACES : Anagram of(tossing) CABERS. Defn: Plural of “pair”/an even number (of something). 4 Instrument behind keeping … Read more >>
I find I am repeating myself – this one was tough. It took me at least three separate solving sessions and I gave up timing how long – it was well over 2 … Read more >>
Hello all. I hope that you and your loved ones are keeping safe and sane and are able to enjoy the Easter weekend. Thanks for this enjoyable puzzle go to Skylark, a new … Read more >>
A fiendishly clever puzzle by Paul – but no prizes! I think that this was the first Saturday puzzle for which no prizes are to be awarded, presumably because the office is in … Read more >>
Phi has provided a challenging puzzle for our Good Friday entertainment. Phi definitely had the last (and second to last) laugh on me today, since I almost drew a blank in the NE … Read more >>
Paul rounds off the week with a mixture of straightforward clues to get us started and some more challenging ones to make us think. It took a few minutes to get started – … Read more >>
Today’s puzzle can be found here
Serpent has set today’s puzzle Thursday is usually a day when there is a theme or a message. For the first time in a while, I found a message before … Read more >>
Lots of fun with some very nice misdirection – favourites were 14ac, 20ac, 23ac, 5dn, and 15dn. Thanks to Nutmeg
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of March 28, 2020
A great puzzle form Io, but not one for the faint-hearted. After tussling with this for a long time there is one I still cannot explain. Thank you Io. ACROSS 8 STABLE COMPANION … Read more >>
Qaos has a tendency to be somewhat “liberal” with his cryptic grammar at times. I don’t usually complain about this, but there seems to be rather more of it than usual here, with … Read more >>