Guardian Cryptic 27,981 by Pan

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The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27981. Pan asks from us rather more in parsing, vocabulary and general knowledge than we are used to of a Monday, but the result is none the … Read more >>

Everyman 3,813

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Everyman as we’ve come to expect: occasionally a bit untidy but generally fun. As we’ve often seen recently, there are some rather loose definitions and slightly vague indicators in wordplay. However, there are … Read more >>

Azed 2474

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Azed provides us with our weekly crossword challenge and opportunity to increase our vocabulary.       It was a plain Azed this week with a good mix of well known and obscure … Read more >>

Guardian Prize 27,974 by Paul

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I found this entertaining but tricky, a pleasure rather than a slog. The solutions are not hard to understand, just difficult to spot. Exactly how it should be I think. Thank you Paul. … Read more >>

Guardian Cryptic 27,979 by Paul

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The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27979. Strangely enough, I often find Paul’s weekday Guardian puzzles harder that his Prizes, and this was no exception. There was plenty of cunning misdirection, and on … Read more >>

Guardian 27,978 / Boatman

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It’s Boatman providing the challenge today, with a theme that must surely be unmissable. Today, it was not so much a case of spotting the theme as chasing down some knotty parsing but … Read more >>

Independent 10,234 by Morph

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Quite a struggle for me today, and there are various answers that I don’t really understand. Many of the clues are very nice, but it looks to me that they call on knowledge … Read more >>