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Phi is back on his normal day This looks like just a standard crossword puzzle although there are some symmetrically placed entries that could be paired up, e.g. COP and … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27021.
This is Wiglaf’s fifth crossword in the Independent, although the first one that I have blogged. We seem to have plenty of newish names nowadays, although you wouldn’t know that they were newish because their crosswords are pretty good; as you’d expect of course, as they wouldn’t have got past Eimi if they weren’t.
I found this to be a bit hard in places, but quite sound and any failings were my own. Perhaps a bit clunky in places, such as 5dn, but this is made up for by some very nice clues.
Definitions in italics.
A treat from Arachne to brighten a miserably wet morning. I found this rather easier than usual but no less enjoyable for that. We have a variety of clue types, several of them … Read more >>
A mostly uninspiring, if competent, offering from Falcon this fine Thursday morning.
Monday Prize Crossword / Oct 10, 2016
Pleasant and well-written Monday offering from Armonie.
With one or two head-scratching moments.
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of October 7, 2016
I don’t know what has happened to PeeDee today unless he has forgotten that it’s Wednesday. In view of getting this posted without too much further delay, I won’t add much of a … Read more >>
Anglio takes over Dac’s mid-week slot this week, and it fell to us to blog his puzzle last month as well. As with last month’s puzzle there were some excellent surfaces and clever … Read more >>
Lots to enjoy…
Preamble: Two characters appear in the completed grid. The unclued lights describe their joint effort and the result. So, Chalicea, she of the short preamble strikes again – not quite as short as … Read more >>
Today’s puzzle has been set by Math, a compiler whose work I have so far blogged only once. On that one and only previous occasion, there was a musical theme running through the … Read more >>
Trademark cheek-puffing anagrams and some evocative surfaces from Sayang this morning.
It’s unusual these days to see Paul on a Tuesday, but being earlier in the week didn’t mean (at least for me) an easier puzzle: I found this quite hard by Paul’s standards, … Read more >>
This puzzle would have benefited from more accurate checking as there appears to be two errors (18ac & 13dn) unless I’ve missed something. Edit: perhaps I have missed something in 13dn (thanks Cookie @3). I had … Read more >>