Guardian 27,941 /Arachne

A real treat from Arachne this morning, sparkling as ever with ingenuity, wit and wonderful surfaces. As usual, there are far too many favourites to list, so I’ll leave that to you. Many … Read more >>

Independent 10,286 by Punk

Punk knows well how to adjust his difficulty, because when he becomes Mudd in the FT he is more accessible whereas in his Indy form he is often rather difficult, as here. But no complaints: there were as you’d expect plenty of good clues and it was evidently all sound. My occasional failures of understanding will I trust be explained.

Definitions underlined, in maroon. Anagram indicators in italics.

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Guardian 27,939 – Vulcan

Unusually, no cryptic definitions from Vulcan today, but instead we have nine double defs, though a couple of them barely qualify. Mostly very straightforward clueing, but I’m unable to parse 15 across. (See … Read more >>

Everyman 3,806/22 September

Bonjour. Everyman has settled into a distinctive style, which (now I am familiar with it) is an aid to solving. I’ve got a few niggles about this one, though.       The … Read more >>

Independent on Sunday 1544 Kairos

Thanks Kairos for an enjoyable Sunday outing. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 8 Roll over for one at sea (4) LOST : “list”(a roll/a register of names) with O(abbrev. for “over” … Read more >>

AZED 2,467

Another interesting trip though the English language with an expert guide.  Thank you Azed.

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