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Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of June 27, 2015 Here we have another great puzzle from Mudd. My clue of the week is the &lit. 12a (CUBA). Other excellent clues are 31a … Read more >>
Not too easy and not too hard, just right. Many times I thought I had come to a complete stop but each time I found just one more chink that showed the way to another solution. Thanks Aardvark, very enjoyable.
Only yesterday I was reading the view of someone that we are in a golden age of crosswords. We are certainly in a golden age so far as Dac is concerned, since for the past several years he has almost weekly produced a perfectly-formed object.
THee puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26618.
A 10×15 grid for this week’s offering from Gila. (So the two side by side grids with the solution to #1390 fitted neatly underneath.) Preamble: Mistakes appear in twenty-three clues in the … Read more >>
I always enjoy Imogen’s puzzles but I was rather alarmed, since I was blogging this one, not to have entered a single across clue on the first pass. However, 1dn got me started … Read more >>
What a great puzzle from Knut today – many thanks for the fun. This is a really ingenious construction with many references in both the clues and the entries to the Greek … Read more >>
Thanks Neo, for an enjoyable, not too hard (including the long answers) puzzle. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Engaged with number due at ground made less (10) ATTENUATED : AT(engaged with, … Read more >>
Goodness, it’s many a moon since we last saw a Quiptic from Beale. Perhaps the editor was tidying out his filing cabinet and found this one at the back. I found it hard. … Read more >>
() = abbreviation e.g. a(mpere) hom = homophone [] = letters removed Vigo seems to be a new compiler and this was a good candidate for a gentle Monday puzzle. There was nothing … Read more >>
Quick, neat, and fun from Rufus today. My favourites were 15ac and 20ac.
Huge apologies for the laptop failure and consequent lateness. Back in my office now, with what I hope is a reliable computer, trying to get this finished as quickly as possible. So it … Read more >>
Last time I blogged here I said Everyman was getting easier…
I’ll admit to something of a double take on seeing Monk’s name appear when opening this week’s puzzle via Crossword Solver. So much so that, it being a rare week where I’d not … Read more >>
Will the real Beelzebub please come back! This was far too easy and took no longer than a typical weekday cryptic. There were too many write-ins (for me), so much so that by … Read more >>