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Financial Times 16,076 by FALCON

Mon January 28, 2019 at 12:53 am by Teacow

Monday morning kicks off with a gentle FALCON…

Everyman 3,771

Sun January 27, 2019 at 1:47 pmSun January 27, 2019 at 12:10 am by Sil

The Observer crossword from January 20, 2019

A truly sad day for crossword lovers. Rumour has it that this was Colin Gumbrell’s final contribution to the Observer series.

Independent on Sunday 1509/Eccles

Sun January 27, 2019 at 12:05 am by Pierre

Jennifer on the oche this Sunday morning with a tractable little number to go with my coffee. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition (xxxx)* … Read more >>

Azed 2432

Sun January 27, 2019 at 12:01 am by duncanshiell

A plain Azed this week Azed shows how possible it is to clue any word in the dictionary. I hadn’t come across any of the words in the perimeter of … Read more >>

Independent 10,074 by Knut

Sat January 26, 2019 at 8:09 am by Bertandjoyce

Another topical crossword from Knut today.

Enigmatic Variations 1365 New Member by Poat

Sat January 26, 2019 at 9:18 amSat January 26, 2019 at 12:05 am by twencelas

Complex preamble this week: Good news half of the clues and answers are normal. Bad news of the 20 remaining 8 transfer letters to or from the clue – which spell out a … Read more >>

A fun but fairly easy prize puzzle from Crucible, with a theme of paintings The painting-related answers are: GLAIR NATIONAL GALLERY TEMPERA MATISSE NIOBE (perhaps – there are lots of paintings of Niobe) … Read more >>

Financial Times 16,074 by WANDERER

Fri January 25, 2019 at 4:04 pm by Turbolegs

An interesting puzzle from WANDERER this Friday – witty cluing and elegant surfaces.

Guardian 27,727 – Chifonie

Fri January 25, 2019 at 11:21 amFri January 25, 2019 at 8:36 am by Andrew

Chifonie seems to have given up his regular Monday appearances, but even so it’s a surprise to see him on a Friday. Lots of very straightforward clues here, as usual, but there were … Read more >>

Independent 10,073 by Phi

Fri January 25, 2019 at 8:06 am by Bertandjoyce

It’s Phi-day again!

Guardian Cryptic 27726 Nutmeg

Thu January 24, 2019 at 2:18 pmThu January 24, 2019 at 11:28 am by scchua

Thanks Nutmeg. This was difficult in parts. Apologies for the late blog. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 9 Rescue injured relative, overcoming resistance (9) RETRIEVAL : Anagram of(injured) RELATIVE containing(overcoming) R(symbol … Read more >>

Financial Times 16,073 by JULIUS

Thu January 24, 2019 at 8:05 am by loonapick

Hunt the theme in today’s Julius puzzle.

Independent 10,072 / Serpent

Sat January 26, 2019 at 10:18 pmThu January 24, 2019 at 7:46 am by RatkojaRiku

Serpent has unleashed his cruciverbal venom on us this Thursday, although I am more used to seeing his work on Tuesdays. I found this to be a thoroughly entertaining and very challenging puzzle, … Read more >>

Financial Times 16,063 by Rosa Klebb

Thu January 24, 2019 at 11:59 pmThu January 24, 2019 at 12:01 am by Pete Maclean

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of 12 January, 2019

Financial Times 16,072 by GOLIATH

Wed January 23, 2019 at 2:49 pmWed January 23, 2019 at 9:49 am by PeeDee

A nice variety of clue types here, plenty to keep one’s interest. Thanks Goliath