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(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.) It wasn’t plain sailing at the start, … Read more >>
(Please post comments on ONLY the picture quiz hereinbelow. To post comments on the crossword puzzle, please click here.) It wasn’t plain sailing at the start, but I finally finished it. Thanks to Jason. Definitions … Read more >>
I found this difficult in places and finished it in a stop/start fashion.
Very good Quiptic from Pan for our bank holiday entertainment – or at least for those of us who are enjoying a bank holiday today. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition … Read more >>
Smooth sailing, with some nice surfaces and favourites 21ac, 22ac and 5dn. Thanks, Rufus
After a momentous few weeks of Brexit, political resignations and shenanigans (et tu Gové?!), and Cameron’s lavender list, the 15×15 world has been rocked by its own J-exit – the resignation of JetDoc from the Cyclops blog. … Read more >>
Sunday afternoon and Everyman in the pub after reading the Observer.
Those of you who have a subscription to The Guardian may have noticed that there were, on Saturday and before, quite a few letters from readers about the level of the newspaper’s cryptic crosswords. As … Read more >>
An Azed plain puzzle this week, but it wasn’t all plain sailing for me. When it comes to languages, I am much more comfortable with computer languages than I am … Read more >>
A good puzzle for solvers just starting out or those simply wanting a gentle puzzle post Sunday lunch. I enjoyed this in the latter category. Thank you Sphere.
We don’t see a great deal of Math, and I make this only the third appearance since a welcome return to the Independent this year. This seemed to be on the more tractable … Read more >>
Half of the clues have an extra letter coming from the wordplay, and the other half have an extra letter in the clue itself. The former ‘spell out an interpretation to be placed on the grid. The latter ‘spell out what must be highlighted in the completed grid, and why five of the 17 cells involved must be distinguished from the other 12.’ The completed grid will also have ‘a thematic comment that identifies the distinguishing feature’.
How very curious.
Engaging and fun to solve. I am very impressed how Paul keeps churning out puzzles without becoming predictable and repetitive. How does he do it?Thanks Paul, keep it up!
Very enjoyable, with…
I thought this was a typical Phi puzzle with some excellent clues. I finished this puzzle and thought that there can’t be theme using these entries.. Then I thought, this is … Read more >>