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Guardian Cryptic 27,919 by Paul
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27919.
Independent 10,264 / Serpent
Serpent has provided our cruciverbal entertainment this Thursday morning, on a grid leaving scope for a Nina. I thoroughly enjoyed this puzzle, which gave me a good workout as a solver and an … Read more >>
Guardian 27,918 / Vlad
Vlad provides this morning’s challenge. The puzzle contains trenchant comment, in both clues and answers, on our current woeful situation, in Vlad’s inimitable style. There’s some very clever cluing and ingenious devices – … Read more >>
Financial Times 16,264 by NEO
One of those puzzles that takes longer to poarse than to solve.
Financial Times 16,254 by Mudd
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of August 24, 2019
Financial Times 16,263 by JASON
An excellent puzzle in the traditional style – good surface readings and precise wordplay. Thank you Jason.
Guardian Cryptic 27,917 by Nutmeg
An enjoyable puzzle with some very nice surfaces and cluing. Favourites were 14ac, 26ac, 3dn, 5dn, 16dn, and 20dn. Thanks to Nutmeg.
Independent 10263 / Eccles
Eccles is now the regular Wednesday setter for Independent weekday puzzles. Eccles usually produces crosswords without gimmicks or messages and this is the case today (unless I have missed something) … Read more >>
Financial Times 16,262 by PHSSTHPOK
Hard going but fair & fun, I thought, although not helped by an irritating mis-numeration.
Inquisitor 1609: Shifts in Character by Mynot
Mynot is seen more regularly on Fifteensquared as a setter of Enigmatic Variations puzzles. This is his first Inquisitor since June 2010 The preamble was fairly short and told us … Read more >>
Independent 10,262 by Wiglaf
An enjoyable crossword from Wiglaf: nothing very controversial so far as I can see, and it was neither too easy nor impossibly difficult. Some good clues.
Definitions underlined, in maroon. Anagram indicators in italics.
Guardian 27,916 – Puck
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.