Independent 10,395 by Klingsor

I always enjoy Klingsor’s crosswords: not horribly difficult, but not too easy either, and a nice variety of excellent clues with lovely surfaces. Definitions in darkviolet, underlined. Anagram indicators in italics.   ACROSS … Read more >>

Financial Times 16,392 by REDSHANK

An elegant puzzle, thank you Redshank. ACROSS 1 ANCESTRY Experts attempt to introduce new stock (8)   ACES (experts) TRY (attempt) contains (to introduce) N (new) 5 HASSLE Harry interrupts Martha’s sleep (6) … Read more >>

Guardian Cryptic 28,047 by Pasquale

The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28047. Despite the Don’s predilection for less common words (only 21A ADAR SHENI was new to me – and the anagram wordplay, coupled with a vague definition, … Read more >>