Independent 9,160 by Hieroglyph

Rather hard today, but I suppose it is Tuesday and we have to be prepared for this. Plenty of good clues here, which often didn’t yield initially but afterwards were obvious enough. From time to time Hieroglyph requires us to split one word into two, something that not everyone is happy with and not something one often sees in the Indy. I have no objection to it myself, but it would be nice to know that it either is or isn’t standard practice at the Indy.

Definitions underlined and in chocolate today.  Which at the moment (before publication) looks like bright orange.  I’ve never eaten chocolate of that colour.

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Guardian 26,814 / Arachne

I had the pleasure of blogging Arachne’s last appearance five weeks ago and good fortune has favoured me again. To start off with, I thought this was going to be somewhat easier than … Read more >>

Beelzebub 1,354

A reasonably swift solve this week, with a couple of tricky moments that had me relying on Chambers. 14 across could have been PEBI or PEBA if you hadn’t heard of it (I … Read more >>

Everyman 3619/14 February

A Valentine’s Day puzzle from Everyman.  Apologies for the late appearance of this, but I was busy on the 14th being romanced by shedloads of attractive and rich fifty-something divorcees, which took my … Read more >>

Azed 2280

I couldn’t find my original copy when I came to write this, so have solved the puzzle twice. Of course it was a bit easier the second time round, but (as far as … Read more >>