A fun puzzle…
Inquisitor 1524: Across and Down by Ifor
My first puzzle by Ifor to blog since April Fool’s Day, though there were three others later in 2017. Preamble: Eight across clues include an extra word containing only one letter not … Read more >>
Financial Times 15757 Sayang
Thanks Sayang. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Section of church left out by accident (6) CHANCE : “chancel”(section of a church reserved for the clergy and choir) minus(… out) “l”(abbrev. … Read more >>
Guardian 27,407 – Imogen
Quite a tricky offering from Imogen today, with some obscurities in both answers and wordplay. My first breakthrough was the long answer at 26a, but there were still a few hurdles along the … Read more >>
Independent 9753 / Hob
A tour de force offering from Hob today which really had our brain cells in overdrive. A number of the clues had really good surfaces – 3d deserves a mention but 27 … Read more >>
Financial Times 15,756 / Falcon
This is Teacow’s first blogging effort. Hello everyone! An enjoyable Monday morning offering from Falcon. As our first attempt at blogging a crossword, this was, mercifully, fairly straightforward. We had a few technical … Read more >>
Guardian Quiptic 948/Hectence
A pleasing cryptic from Hectence to herald in the new format Guardian (at least I think it’s today, and the style of the header has changed online). Abbreviations cd … Read more >>
Guardian 27,406 / Arachne
Apologies for the truncated blog, but short of time this morning. A bit of a curate’s egg from Arachne this morning, and one clue (16dn) that I couldn’t parse. Thanks, Arachne. ACROSS 1 … Read more >>
Independent 9,752 by Knut
Some excellent political satirising from Knut.
Everyman 3,717
My first blog for a while, many thanks to Gaufrid whilst I’ve been a bit under the weather.
Azed 2378
The Azed puzzle this week is the monthly competition puzzle where this month the puzzle is plain and one clue is simply a definition. Competitors are asked to write a clue for the … Read more >>
Independent on Sunday 1,455 by Hoskins
A super puzzle and not an easy one. Thanks Hoskins.
Independent 9751 by Monk (Saturday Puzzle 13 January 2018)
After the recent smorgasbord of Christmas/festive thematic/Jumbo puzzles – on which I may have overindulged – it was nice to get back-to-basics with a good-old proper 15×15 cryptic with no extra trimmings, as … Read more >>
Guardian Prize 27,399 by Tramp
Has Tramp got easier since his first appearances in the paper or am I just imagining this? Thanks Tramp for a fun puzzle. Scooby-dooby-doo!
Enigmatic Variations No. 1311: Given Up by Samuel
Ah…the Christmas period – turkey, presents, carols, family, arguments, board games, arguments…and, of course, jigsaws! Followed, or accompanied, by more arguments… OK, this jigsaw came out on 31 December, so slightly post-Christmas, but what is … Read more >>