The puzzle can be found here.
Financial Times 15,755 by Mudd
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of January 13, 2017
Guardian 27,414 – Nutmeg
In general I found this a little easier than Nutmeg can sometimes be, though with a few tricky moments. However, it is of the usually high quality and full of invention. Thanks to … Read more >>
Financial Times 15,764 by GOZO
A super puzzle. Hats off to those that didn’t need a dictionary! Thank you Gozo.
Independent 9760 / Poins
As far as I can ascertain from research on fifteensquared, Points is more regularly seen at weekends than during the week. I can’t remember blogging a Poins puzzle before. Maybe … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1525: Embedded by Chalicea
This is Chalicea’s thirteenth Inquisitor in seven year, so we see her puzzle every six months on average. The preamble was fairly short, as follows: "A message relating to | … Read more >>
Independent 9,759 by Serpent
My heart sank a bit when I saw that I was blogging a Serpent: he’s dreadfully hard, isn’t he? Well no, not actually: there were some easy ones so that the start was OK; then I got rather stuck and was slow to complete. But the clues (apart from 28ac possibly: no doubt I shall be corrected — yes I was, by baerchen, many thanks, I thought that would happen) were sound and good. Nice crossword.
Definitions underlined, in maroon. Anagram indicators in italics.
Guardian Cryptic 27,413 by Tramp
Tramp turns the diffiulty up to 11 this morning.
Financial Times 15,763 by JASON
A real curate’s egg, in that parts of it were indeed excellent…
Independent 9758 / eXternal
I heard a short while ago that the scheduled blogger’s internet connection is down so here is a quick analysis of the clues. In the interests of getting this posted without further delay … Read more >>
Financial Times 15,762 – Crux
A Crux crossword was what I expected, a Crux crossword was what I got.
All fairly typical for this setter, a good start of the week.
Less typical was that I failed to complete the puzzle, missing out on one clue and not being able to fully understand another (and one more as it turned out to be).
Quiptic 949 by Moley
Moley’s first outing of the year in the Quiptic slot.
Private Eye (Cyclops / 616) Inappropriate electorate
This looked small after the gigantic Christmas grid. Thanks to Mike for a spectacluar blog for that last time. This one was a gentle start to the year, only 7 to go after … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 27,412 by Chifonie
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27412.
Everyman 3718
Plenty of charades, anagrams and insertions. Everyman is in town. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = anagram indicator [x] letter(s) removed abbreviations are underlined … Read more >>