The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3645.
AZED 2,306
Lots of new words but I suppose that should never be a surprise with Azed. Was stuck on 16D (a laxative) for a while and then conveniently became unstuck.
Indy 9314 Klingsor
Apart from the hard nuts (Anax and Nimrod) evidence is accumulating that since the Saturday puzzle stopped being a Prize puzzle the level of difficulty has gone down a bit. Which is fine by me as … Read more >>
Guardian Prize 26,962 / Vlad
After blogging a difficult Paul puzzle on Thursday and battling with a fiendish one from Enigmatist on Friday, I was wondering what on earth was in store for us on Saturday. It turned … Read more >>
Enigmatic Variations 1238 Reckonin’ by Eclogue
A puzzle by Eclogue this week – four cells containing clashes, the wordplay in each clue having an extra letter and the first line of a verse to find. If that’s not enough … Read more >>
Financial Times 15,323 / Artexlen
Turbolegs didn’t have time to prepare a blog before flying home from his holiday today so I am a late stand-in. My initial reaction when solving this puzzle was that it didn’t appear … Read more >>
Independent 9,313 by Phi
The usual very pleasing crossword from Phi, with the musical references that we have come to expect. He is always easy enough to understand once a clue is solved, but not I find always all that easy to get one’s teeth into. Perhaps this is because his definitions are so well-concealed.
Definitions underlined.
Guardian 26,967 / Tramp
It’s many months since I blogged a Tramp puzzle and so I was delighted to land this one. I was a bit put out at first by the capital letters in 14,10, 20ac … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 26,966 by Puck
A little too clever for me, with much of the parsing done after the fact – I’m still unsure on 8dn, 17dn and 21dn. Favourites were 13ac, 21ac, and 18dn. Thanks, Puck
There…
Independent 9312 / Rodriguez
An interesting but tricky puzzle from Rodriguez today. We tend to tackle crosswords in numerical order, and we had considerable difficulty with several of the across clues, particularly on the right hand side … Read more >>
Financial Times 15,322 by SLEUTH
An early blog for a change
Financial Times 15,313 – Dante
Monday Prize Crossword / Aug 8, 2016
For the second time in a row, I found the Dante offering a lot more challenging than the Rufus puzzle (at another place).
Financial Times 15,312 by Mudd
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of August 6, 2016
Guardian Cryptic 26,965 by Qaos
Fifth time lucky?
Independent 9,311 / Hoskins
This was the second time that I had come to the Wednesday puzzle expecting to have to cross swords with Dac and finding Hoskins instead. My first experience of Hoskins had Sunderland A.F.C. … Read more >>