This mostly slipped in very quickly, though there were a couple of parsings that took me a while.
Financial Times 16,261 by ORENSE
ORENSE, for a change, kicks off the week…
Quiptic 1,033 by Anto
Anto’s turn in the Quiptic slot this week.
Independent 10,261 by Tees
Tees provides yet another witty puzzle for a Monday. I took a bit longer than usual to finish it, but I think that’s just my post-holiday brain; everything was clear (eventually) and fairly clued.
Guardian Cryptic 27,915 by Vulcan
Vulcan starts the week off for us.
Cyclops 658 – Dumbed-Down Accord
As we approach the season-ending finale of ‘Deal or No-Deal’, with BoJo as NoEd, Cyclops may or may not be channelling the zeitgeist here… During the recent HEATWAVE the CHERUB-ic Boris – ‘he … Read more >>
Everyman 3,802/25 August
I enjoyed this Everyman offering. Getting used to his or her ‘trademarks’ – linked clues and a propensity for clue-as-definition devices – helped the solve along. What did you make of it? … Read more >>
Guardian Genius 194 – Boatman
As is often the case with Genius puzzles, the instructions were not particularly helpful at first glance, so it was just a case of trying to solve some clues, with or without the … Read more >>
AZED 2,463
An alphabetical jigsaw for this Bank Holiday weekend puzzle, but this time Azed has not provided word lengths.
Independent on Sunday 1540 Hoskins
Thanks Hoskins. Witty surfaces here. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Master with gas released big noises (9) MEGASTARS : Anagram of(… released) [MASTER plus(with) GAS]. Defn: VVIPs. 6 Man that … Read more >>
Independent 10,260 by Klingsor (Saturday Puzzle 31 Aug 2019)
Some fun and games in a nicely ‘accessible'(?) puzzle from Klingsor today… My favourite surface read was probably 20D – ‘Apple runs America, agreed?’ for RUSSET; closely followed by the RICH deep-FRIED diet … Read more >>
Enigmatic Variations No. 1396: Up and Down and Round and Round by Ifor
Hi everyone. This week we have a puzzle from Ifor which I much enjoyed, finding it nicely chewy in the clueing and with an endgame that didn’t give up its secrets too easily. … Read more >>
Guardian Prize No 27,908 by Maskarade
This was a Bank Holiday special from Maskarade with two grids and some misleading instructions.
Independent 10,259 / Phi
Phi has returned to his usual Friday slot this week. This puzzle has been set on a more unusual grid, containing as many as ten 4-letter lights out of a total of 32! … Read more >>
Financial Times 16,259 by WANDERER
A tough challenge from WANDERER this morning, which took quite a bit of effort to get through, especially since i wasnt familiar with this particular story from the Bard although i recognized the title. Thanks to WANDERER for a rigorous challenge.