Financial Times 15115 by CHALMIE
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.
Independent 9102 / Dac
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 >>
Guardian 26,756 – Picaroon
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 >>
Inquisitor 1415: Shift Work by Ifor
Preamble: Clues to the perimeter entries are normal, but their answers must be modified before entry in ways suggested by an instruction that will appear in the grid when the central square is … Read more >>
Independent 9,101 / Scorpion
This is my first Scorpion blog in quite some time, so I was rather excited to see his latest puzzle waiting for me this morning. In actual fact, and perhaps because I am … Read more >>
Guardian 26,755 / Puck
A rather mixed bag today with some very easy clues to gain a foothold into the grid and others that needed quite a bit of thought to work out the solution and parsing. … Read more >>
Financial Times 15114 by ARMONIE
Pleasant Tuesday stroll.
Guardian Quiptic 839 Provis
A slow start to this, but then a quick finish. Thanks to Provis. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Mock journalist about journey by bike (6) DERIDE : Reversal of(… about) … Read more >>
Independent 9100/Punk
Please tell me that this was hard. It took me three goes to finally pin this down, but looking back you think ‘why was that so difficult?’ I have chuntered on a bit, … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 26754 by Rufus
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26754.
Beelzebub 1,344
A much tougher week than the last one I blogged, I thought. To the extent that I’m still unable to complete the puzzle as I cobble together a blog post. 33 across and … Read more >>
Independent on Sunday 1346/Hypnos
On checking, I find that I haven’t blogged a Hypnos since June 2014, so it’s been a while since we’ve been out on a date. I found this hard by IoS standards, with … Read more >>
Azed 2270
Making do without Paul’s awesome crossword utility is hard… but I somehow managed. Kind of a medium level difficulty Azed — usual Chambers trawling. There’s one wordplay that I’m unsure of — and a few … Read more >>