Just the type of crossword we love. Three cheers for Alberich!
Guardian 26,733 – Chifonie
A fairly typical Chifonie puzzle, with lots of charades and other straightforward constructions, but none the worse for that. A couple of answers may be unfamiliar to some. but they’re clearly clued. Thanks … Read more >>
Financial Times 15,083 – Crux
Monday Prize Crossword / Nov 9, 2015
A gentle if somewhat unexciting crossword by Monday regular Crux.
Financial Times 15,082 by Mudd
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of November 7, 2015
Financial Times 15091 by MONK
More of the good stuff from Monk.
Guardian 26,732 by Vlad
The crossword gods seem to have it in for me this week, first the Indy, now the Guardian web sites not working.
Independent 9078 / Dac
Another Wednesday, another excellent Dac puzzle. As always, excellent surfaces and very fair clueing. This puzzle includes three proper names – not what we have come to expect from Dac. No criticism, just … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1411: Change of Attitude by eXternal
Preamble: Five across answers of a kind are entered as anagrams, representing a thematic process: wordplay in these clues leads to original answer, definition to grid entry. From 12 down clues, a letter … Read more >>
Independent 9,077 / Radian
Radian’s latest puzzle lay in store for us this morning, although only in the afternoon is my blog of it being posted, for which I apologise. This was a medium-difficulty puzzle, in my … Read more >>
Financial Times 15090 by HAMILTON
Couldn’t finish it!
Independent 9077
RatkojaRiku is away on business and may not be able to publish his blog until mid/late afternoon.
Guardian Cryptic 26731 by Imogen
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26731.
Independent 9076 by eXternal
Once again the Indy’s web site isn’t showing today’s puzzle, the puzzle wasn’t as hard as eXternal sometimes produces fortunately.
Guardian 26,730 /Rufus
Here’s Rufus with a fairly typical Monday medley of anagrams and double or cryptic definitions and a generous sprinkling of his trademark nautical references [plus five educational ones]. Thanks to him for the … Read more >>
Guardian Quiptic 835 Hectence
(Please click here for this same blog but with a picture quiz added. Please do NOT post hereinbelow any comment relating to the picture quiz. Thank you.) Another enjoyable Quiptic from Hectence, thank you. … Read more >>