Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of September 7, 2019
Financial Times 16,275 by AARDVARK
I enjoyed this, thank you Aardvark.
Guardian 27,929 by Brummie
Guardian 27,929 by Brummie Puzzle url: https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27929 Here goes with my first ever blog for a live/daily puzzle. Key to the crossword is, obviously, the four word entry at 11, 10, 24, … Read more >>
Independent 10,275 by Eccles
We’re back from our travels and are delighted to find that we have an Eccles to blog.
Independent 10,274 / Vigo
Vigo has provided our cruciverbal entertainment for this Tuesday. I found this to be an accessible and enjoyable puzzle, towards the easier end of the spectrum in terms of difficulty. I think that … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1611: Keep Recycling by Hob
This seems, from the archive, to be Hob’s first inquisitor. If so, welcome Hob. I enjoyed it a lot. The preamble read: Using REMAINS, seven letters in the completed grid must be altered … Read more >>
Financial Times 16,274 by HAMILTON
Another tussle with this mercurial setter, and good fun, too.
*And a late, late edit: there is a subtle nina, pointed out only by the setter himself.*
Guardian Cryptic 27,928 by Tramp
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27928.
Financial Times 16,273 by CRUX
CRUX kicks off the week….
Guardian Quiptic 1035 Carpathian
Thanks Carpathian. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Dieticians upset about pages revealing cause of abdominal pain (12) APPENDICITIS : Anagram of(… upset) DIETICIANS containing(about) PP(abbrev. for “pages”, as in “pp … Read more >>
Guardian 27,927/Vulcan
Bonjour. Eileen is the person responsible for encouraging me back into cryptic crosswords more than a decade ago (through Fifteensquared, natch) so I am pleased and humbled to stand in for her as … Read more >>
Private Eye (Cyclops/659) Unhealthy Obsession
This was about medium difficulty for an Eye puzzle. I had about half done by the end of the first pass at about the 25 min mark, but had queered the top right … Read more >>
Independent on Sunday 1,542 by Skinny
The puzzle can be found here. Hi all. Unless I somehow catnapped through an entire puzzle, this is Skinny’s second appearance in the Indy. Far from being the “difficult second puzzle” I … Read more >>
Azed 2465
A harder-than-average Azed, I thought, with a fairly high proportion of unfamiliar words. All impeccably clued as usual, though I’m a little unsure about my parsing of 28. Thanks to Azed … Read more >>