Today’s puzzle can be solved online here.
Inquisitor 1531: Don’t Get Me Wrong by Opsimath
Don’t Get Me Wrong by Opsimath Ignoring obstructive bars and replacing letters in barred-off and corner cells with the letters IN GRIM AUTHOR’S CV, three sides of the completed grid will reveal a … Read more >>
Independent 9,795 / Radian
Radian has provided today’s cruciverbal entertainment, and indeed it is not unusual for his puzzles to appear on a Tuesday. I found this to be a medium-difficulty puzzle that revealed itself to me … Read more >>
Financial Times 15,799 by NEO
A classic puzzle, not wickedly hard but with some delightful clueing.
Guardian Cryptic 27,449 by Imogen
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27449.
Financial Times 15,798 – Sleuth
Nowadays – in the post-Dante era – it’s a guess what we will get on a Monday.
This is my first blogging encounter with Sleuth who offered a sound crossword of medium difficulty.
Guardian Quiptic Hectence 955
An enjoyable one from a Quiptic regular. Thanks to Hectence. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Comedian’s comeback about posh fellows gets laugh (6) GUFFAW : Reversal of(…’s comeback) WAG(a comedian) … Read more >>
Guardian 27,448 / Chifonie
It’s Chifonie filling the Monday slot again with a typically pleasant and elegant puzzle, with some beautifully smooth surfaces. Mostly straightforward but, unusually for this setter, there are a couple of places where … Read more >>
Independent 9,794 by Filbert
The nutty Filbert seems to have hit rock bottom today.
Cyclops 619 – North Korea Gambit
A relatively quick/easy Cyclops, from a pure solving/timing perspective, but the usual level of quality in surface readings and sarcastic/satirical digs, as one would expect from Private Eye… …only one mention of the … Read more >>
AZED 2,385
A 13 x 11 grid for this week’s puzzle, which was carelessly printed in the paper as an 11 x 11 grid, with the two right hand columns omitted. Fortunately, the pdf was correct.
Guardian Genius 176 – Paul
“Six of the 11 clues marked * contain only wordplay, their solutions being 21. The solutions to the other five clues marked * should be entered in the grid 21 (Roman or otherwise), … Read more >>
Independent on Sunday 1,462 by Hoskins
Classic Sunday Hoskins stuff with plenty to enjoy, as always. Perhaps a little tougher than usual, or was it just me? I certainly had to work for a few, perhaps due to some … Read more >>
Everyman 3,724
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3724.
Independent 9793 by Quaiteaux (Sat 3-Mar 2018)
Very happy to see a Quaiteaux on a Saturday slot and for me to get to blog it. Though there are only a few puzzles by this setter, I remember them. Typically they … Read more >>