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A very pleasing puzzle from Gila for the Monday Indy slot. Carefully constructed and with one or two nice touches. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as … Read more >>
A delightful Quiptic from Hectence, with meaningful surfaces and a good variety of clue types. What did you think? Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition … Read more >>
A fine puzzle from Peter in the typical IoS style: tractable and with no obscurities. And a result for your blogger this morning too. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double … Read more >>
The Observer crossword from Sunday 15 Apr 2018
Here’s Everyman with another ‘clunky and humourless crossword equivalent of self-assembly IKEA furniture’. Really?
The usual blend of interesting words and clues which I found this easier than usual today, apart from one clue that has me stumped.
Do any Welsh speakers out there fancy having a quick look at 3 down for me? Thank you Azed.
Hob takes the Saturday hot-spot today. All good fun as we have come to expect from this setter, with several 10ac clues. Joyce had never come across 19ac – Bert had … Read more >>
Extra words in all clues – to be used to find two instructions. Then change a further character in the grid and then…..hopefully it will make more sense once the crossword element of … Read more >>
I have to say my heart sank a bit at seeing from the surface readings here and that there was a horsey theme. It turned out there wasn’t much racing knowledge needed, but … Read more >>
Bradman returns this Friday, to dish out a straightforward challenge. I thought there were a higher-than-average number of hidden solutions and anagrams, which did help make quick work of the puzzle. Thanks Bradman.
I found this puzzle rather a strange mixture of easy and difficult clues, with quite a few nitpicks, noted below. In particular there are a couple of oddities where something seems to be … Read more >>
Another classic Phi puzzle this Phiday. As is so often the case with Phi’s puzzles these days, we can’t see a theme or nina here, but that doesn’t mean to … Read more >>
Tyrus has provided our cruciverbal workout for today, on a grid that contains a lot of fairly short entries and reveals fewer first letters than the average grid. It has been quite a … Read more >>
Thanks Crucible for a crossword, fairly gentle for the latter half of the week. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 9 All of us sniff a new career (5,4) HUMAN RACE : … Read more >>
The puzzle can be printed off here
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of April 7, 2018