An enjoyable start to the day.
Guardian 29,718 – Paul
A bit of an American flavour (or should that be flavor?) to this one, with the NW corner holding me up for a while at the end. Full of ingenuity and wit as always. Thanks to Paul.
Times Lunch – apres drinks
The Times lunch is on the 24th June.
Traditionally there is a meet thereafter in The George at London Bridge.
Inquisitor 1910: Dead-letter Drop by Kruger
Kruger provides us with the last IQ challenge of May.
Independent 12065 / Angel
Angel is an infrequent setter of Independent cryptic crosswords. This looks like the tenth since the first in 2020
Cryptic crossword No 29,717 by Carpathian
Carpathian is today's setter.
Financial Times 18,077 by GOZO
Well, then . . . Gozo presents us with a tour de force bonanza of cross-references today . . .
Listener 4868: Robbed by Cagey – a Setter’s Blog
Is a Crossword Alive?* By Cagey This was always intended to be a less ambitious crossword than my previous (and potentially next few) Listener crosswords. The subject of natural world words being removed … Read more >>
Cryptic crossword No 29,716 by Maskarade
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29716.
Financial Times 18,076 by ARTEXLEN
ARTEXLEN kicks off the week…
Independent 12,064/Hippogryph
A sound and entertaining puzzle from Hippogryph to get the puzzling week in the Independent underway.
Financial Times 18,075 by Zamorca
Puzzle from the Weekend FT of June 7, 2025
Guardian Quiptic 1.333/Pasquale
Pasquale always offers us a carefully constructed and tractable crossword when he is in the Quiptic slot.
Independent on Sunday 1,841/Filbert
Filbert is most often to be seen these days in the Independent on Sunday slot. I found this an enjoyable challenge which took a while to tease out, but fell nicely once I had a bit of a foothold in the grid. Some delightful surfaces as always from this setter.
Azed No. 2,763 plain – competition puzzle
The usual pleasant crossword from Azed. I have one or two slight questions about things but no doubt they will be explained.
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