My first solve of the year and not a bad start from Armonie although I did have one Grrr moment…
Financial Times 15,436 by Mudd
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of December 31, 2016
Financial Times 15,444 by Gaff
This morning’s puzzle is not available on the FT website yet. I will give it some time before I go out and trying to find somewhere with a paper copy of the FT.
What a palaver! The puzzle was not on the FT website today and the paper copy contains two mistakes in the grid, and one clue I cannot solve. A special thank you to Stephen for posting a scanned image of the puzzle that enabled me to write this post.
Independent 9437 / Eccles
This is our first Eccles blog – as far as we can tell, it is only the 4th Eccles puzzle to feature in the Indy. It was all good fun, with several … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 27,091 by Imogen
A tough test this morning from Imogen
Inquisitor 1471: Crosswords for Beginners by Plench
Preamble: Steps to be followed: 1 Make amendments to asterisked clues in either of two ways before solving. 2 Read yellow cells in row order to find a theme word. 3 Complete the … Read more >>
Independent 9,436 / Knut
Knut has provided today’s puzzle, which has turned out to be a tribute puzzle. It doesn’t take long to release that Knut is paying his own personal tribute to UK singer-songwriter George Michael … Read more >>
Financial Times 15,443 by GOLIATH
Tougher than the average Tuesday with some challenging multiple wordplays and a theme thrown in for fun.
Guardian Cryptic 27,090 by Philistine
The puzzle may e found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27090. It comes with:
Special instructions: An anniversary tribute
Guardian Quiptic 895 Anto
To be fair, there were many standard Quiptic-like clues, but the cryptic-definition clues were, I thought, a bit over-, well, cryptic for a Quiptic. Notwithstanding all that, thanks to Anto. Definitions are underlined … Read more >>
Guardian 27,089 / Chifonie
It’s a different name on the Monday puzzle but Rufus-lovers will not be disappointed, I think: we have a familiar straightforward medley of charades, anagrams and double definitions to ease us into the … Read more >>
Independent 9,435 by Hypnos
It’s not Sunday is it? Been a while since Hypnos appeared during the week.
Private Eye/Cyclops 589 Xmas Pseudding
It’s Christmas! So it’s the giant 21×21 sized Eye crossword with some special feature. This puzzle has a preamble: Running clockwise around the shaded squares, starting top left, are two sentences from a 2016 … Read more >>
AZED 2,325
Only one printing error, and the correct rubric, for this month’s competition puzzle.
Everyman 3,664
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3664.