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An odd looking grid from Hob this week – two 3×3 black squares, and not quite symmetrical, plus those ‘jutting-out’ cells down both sides – is there something afoot?… Well, there is, but … Read more >>
Well, we found this very tough, but I think it’s all fair – Picaroon employs misdirection very well in this puzzle, and the grid is very clever… We might have found this easier … Read more >>
Thanks Qaos for the enjoyable workout. Definitions are underlined in the clues. (Apologies for the late blog, but I had to fetch my car from the workshop.) … and there is a theme … Read more >>
Another week, another Friday, another Phi. A pleasant way to end the week. We had to check a couple of definitions – TAIKO and LABIALISM but we managed to sort things out using … Read more >>
A rare appearance by this setter on a Friday. Thanks Artexlen for dishing out a delightful challenge.
Knut has served up a cruciverbal delight for our delectation this Thursday in mid-February. It has been a while since it has fallen to me to blog a puzzle by Knut, and on … Read more >>
A straightforward puzzle from Slormgorm is this morning’s FT offering.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28061. The SW corner took me longer than the rest of the puzzle together, with the obscure AVIZANDUM (and its equally opaque wordplay) as last in. there … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of February 8, 2020
It’s Philistine’s turn to provide our entertainment today – and he does it in characteristic style. Lots of clever clues, as usual from this setter – my favourites were 14ac and 6,9 – … Read more >>
A traditional puzzle from Aardvark. Thank you. The grid is a pangram. If you keep on lookout for this sort of thing while solving it helps to spot words like QUICHE, RIOJA etc. … Read more >>
Eccles today, so we can expect a well clued crossword, unlikely to have a theme or a message. This puzzle meets those expectations very well.. I think the only entry … Read more >>
Got off to a quick start then stalled towards the end. Favourites were 10ac, 22ac, 8dn, 16dn, 18dn, and 23dn. Thanks to Pasquale
Skylark is the fourth in the series of female setters following Nutmeg, Chalicea and Vismut in the past three weeks. The preamble was quite short this week and stated: Twenty-seven … Read more >>
A pleasant Tuesday morning excercise.