Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of September 5, 2015
Financial Times 15,037 by LOROSO
Super puzzle. Thanks Loroso.
Independent 9,024 / Dac
Today offers me my once-monthly opportunity to blog a Dac puzzle on a Wednesday. And I don’t suppose that I’ll say anything today that I haven’t said many times before: we have before … Read more >>
Guardian 26,678 by Chifonie
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26678.
Inquisitor 1402: Child’s Play by Ferret
Swaps due to holidays (mainly afloat!) mean that I have two blogs in a row. This time Ho is on holiday, so it was down to me (Hi) to complete and blog this … Read more >>
Guardian 26,677 / Vlad
After a week totally away from crosswords – many thanks to Gaufrid for standing in for me last Monday – it was a bit of a shock to see Vlad’s name on this … Read more >>
Financial Times 15,036 by NEO
This was a tough challenge from Neo that tests your general knowledge as much as it does your ability to decipher the clues.
Independent 9023 / Radian
Radian occupies the Tuesday slot with a crossword that is mainly filled with well known words. I have solved this in a bit of a sticks and string fashion given my … Read more >>
Guardian Quiptic 826/Moley
Moley produces a Quiptic for us only once every couple of months, but her puzzles often turn up on my watch. Which is no hardship at all. She’s good, you know. I thought … Read more >>
Independent 9,022 by Crosophile
A cheeky little number from Crosophile today…
Guardian 26,676 by Rufus
A nice, gentle, start to the week with plenty of anagrams, double and cryptic defs. Thanks Rufus.
Private Eye / Cyclops 555 – Vulgar Role Model
This seemed tougher than many Eye grids of late. I certainly had trouble getting started – I read all the way down to 24A before finding the first answer, and after the “first … Read more >>
Beelzebub 1331
With only four solutions entered during my first, quick pass through the clues I thought this one was going to be tough but thereafter I made steady progress and was able to complete … Read more >>
Everyman 3,596
A quick solve and a quick blog.
Azed 2257 — Right & Left
It seems that Azed gives us one of these specials, or something like it, every two or three years, and very enjoyable it is. Although, as he says himself in his preamble, ‘The … Read more >>