Monday Prize Crossword / Mar 28, 2016
Dante and so no surprises at the beginning of another FT week.
Financial Times 15,198 by Alberich
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of March 26. 2016
Financial Times 15,207 by GOZO
A super puzzle from Gozo that I did not find easy. Thank you Gozo.
Guardian 26,851 / Vlad
I got off to a flying start with most of the top half going in quite quickly and thought that this one was going to be easy by Vlad’s standards. However I was … Read more >>
Independent 9197 / Dac
What can we say? It’s the beginning of the month so it’s Dac again with another of his excellent puzzles with their trade-mark great surfaces. We found this fairly straightforward. We had not … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1431: Life After Death? by Nimrod
Preamble: Other than those already barred off, there are to be no unchecked letters or further bars in the (nonsymmetrical) final grid. For this to happen, solvers must (i) effect six 90º single … Read more >>
Financial Times 15,206 by JASON
I need help parsing two clues here…
Independent 9,196 / Alchemi
You never quite know who you will have to cross cruciverbal swords with on a Tuesday, as the work of numerous compilers is featured on that day of the week. Today’s themed puzzled … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 26,850 by Nutmeg
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26850.
Guardian 26,849 / Rufus
This has been one of those weekends when my weekday and monthly Prize blogs coincide, so this is the third blog in a row from me and I’m prompted to say yet again … Read more >>
Independent 9195 by Anglio
Gosh, I found this hard going. Some of the parsings had me scratching my head for ages but I think I got them all in the end. I’ve not come across this compiler … Read more >>
Quiptic 855 by Orlando
A lovely surprise to see Orlando occupying the Quiptic slot this week.
Azed 2286
Apologies for the slightly delayed appearance of this blog – I had made a start on it last Sunday and then completely forgot about it. Fairly average on the Azed difficulty scale, I … Read more >>
Independent on Sunday 1,363 by Hypnos
Good Sunday cryptic stuff from Hypnos once again. Last one in was 6 down, where the wordplay took me a moment to spot, but raised a smile once I did. Across 1 MAHREZ … Read more >>
Everyman 3,625
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3625.