Special instructions this weekend, something that always gets my attention. Thanks Picaroon, most enjoyable!
Year: 2016
Financial Times 15,377 by WANDERER
An enjoyable, and relatively easier challenge than usual from WANDERER. I had to google a bit to check my parsing (on 2 clues) – learnt a couple of new things along the way.
Independent 9367 / Phi
Phi is back on his normal day This looks like just a standard crossword puzzle although there are some symmetrically placed entries that could be paired up, e.g. COP and … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 27,021 by Crucible
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27021.
Independent 9,366 by Wiglaf
This is Wiglaf’s fifth crossword in the Independent, although the first one that I have blogged. We seem to have plenty of newish names nowadays, although you wouldn’t know that they were newish because their crosswords are pretty good; as you’d expect of course, as they wouldn’t have got past Eimi if they weren’t.
I found this to be a bit hard in places, but quite sound and any failings were my own. Perhaps a bit clunky in places, such as 5dn, but this is made up for by some very nice clues.
Definitions in italics.
Guardian 27,020 / Arachne
A treat from Arachne to brighten a miserably wet morning. I found this rather easier than usual but no less enjoyable for that. We have a variety of clue types, several of them … Read more >>
Financial Times 15,376 by FALCON
A mostly uninspiring, if competent, offering from Falcon this fine Thursday morning.
Financial Times 15,367 – Armonie
Monday Prize Crossword / Oct 10, 2016
Pleasant and well-written Monday offering from Armonie.
With one or two head-scratching moments.
Financial Times 15,366 by Alberich
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of October 7, 2016
Financial Times 15,375 / Monk
I don’t know what has happened to PeeDee today unless he has forgotten that it’s Wednesday. In view of getting this posted without too much further delay, I won’t add much of a … Read more >>
Independent 9365 / Anglio
Anglio takes over Dac’s mid-week slot this week, and it fell to us to blog his puzzle last month as well. As with last month’s puzzle there were some excellent surfaces and clever … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 27,019 by Qaos
Lots to enjoy…
Inquisitor 1459: Joint Effort by Chalicea
Preamble: Two characters appear in the completed grid. The unclued lights describe their joint effort and the result. So, Chalicea, she of the short preamble strikes again – not quite as short as … Read more >>
Independent 9,364 / Math
Today’s puzzle has been set by Math, a compiler whose work I have so far blogged only once. On that one and only previous occasion, there was a musical theme running through the … Read more >>
Financial Times 15,374 by SAYANG
Trademark cheek-puffing anagrams and some evocative surfaces from Sayang this morning.