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An Azed plain puzzle this week This was a fairly typical Azed. The entries were the usual result of Azed’s trawl through the dictionary looking for a mix of well … Read more >>
Well a busy time of year – so it would be nice for a nice gentle puzzle to relax on a Saturday. Then I read the words “By Bannsider” – not much hope … Read more >>
Quite an ominous title this week!
There are extra letters in across clues that indicate how additional words in some down clues must be treated. That’s about all the clue we have to the theme.
Very enjoyable, as always. Thank you Arachne.
Not too taxing a puzzle from Paul today, with a number of anagrams, insertions, double definitions and charades to help things along. Thanks to him for being fairly gentle at a busy time … Read more >>
This is Phi’s final Friday puzzle before Christmas so there might be a message in it. One of Phi’s more obvious messages today albeit in foreign languages (unless you speak … Read more >>
An easy (mostly!) offering from Orense, thanks to whom for bringing the work week to a gentle close for FT solvers. Smooth cluing with just that little bit of annoyingly frustrating clues that kept me away from a speeder finish.
Klingsor always produces good crosswords and this is no exception. A whole lot of well-crafted clues and a difficulty level set (unwittingly perhaps) just high enough but not impossibly high.
I don’t think Klingsor does themes. Perhaps he does, and I’ll look silly for missing something obvious.
Definitions underlined.
Straightforward, but very satisfying.
Lots of clever tricks from Vlad today, but quite a mixed bag in both difficulty and enjoyment for me. I really liked 17ac, 6dn and 7dn.
At first I did not notice the special instructions, which resulted in some very puzzling defintiions. All became clear in the end. Thank you Chalmie.
Another Wednesday, another excellent Dac. We love Dac’s puzzles, but are always stuck for anything to say about them as there never seems to be anything to criticise or query. We are really … Read more >>
A typically high-quality puzzle from Picaroon today, with no theme (as far as I can see at this time in the morning) though a lot of reversals in the clues. Thanks to Picaroon … Read more >>