Straightforward fare from Dogberry
Guardian 27,152 – Picaroon
A very satisfying puzzle from Picaroon today, where I initially made slow progress but gradually made my way through it thanks to sound and inventive clueing. Nice one. … Read more >>
Year: 2017
Independent 9,498 / Serpent
Serpent has directed his cruciverbal venom at us this Thursday morning. How many of us had the antidote to it? I did have the antidote to it, although it took it quite some … Read more >>
Financial Times 15,496 – Falcon
Monday Prize Crossword / Mar 13, 2017
After leaving his Everyman career, Falcon has now become one of the main Monday Prize setters for the FT.
I found this pretty easy ….
Financial Times 15,495 by Rosa Klebb
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of March 11, 2017
Financial Times 15,504 by REDSHANK
A very entertaining puzzle full of gentle humour and misdirection. Thank you Redshank.
Guardian Cryptic 27,151 by Nutmeg
An easier than normal Nutmeg
Independent 9497 / Crosophile
Crosophile provides us a puzzle today where he highlights the theme himself rather than leaving us to wonder if there is a theme. . The theme is based around MOTHERs and FATHERs. … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1481: The Listener Crossword by Nimrod
Ah! – a puzzle by Nimrod [editor of the Inquisitor series] published on the day of the Listener Crossword dinner in Gateshead. Nimrod attended the dinner and tried hard to get us to think … Read more >>
Independent 9,496 by Maize
So far as I can see Maize has appeared twice before. You wouldn’t know that he was fairly new, though, since this is a quite outstanding puzzle. On the hard side but more often than not once the answer became clear I was inwardly congratulating Maize rather than grumbling. There are some marvellous clues and I hope we see plenty more of this setter.
Definitions underlined and in maroon.
Guardian Cryptic 27,150 by Arachne
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27150.
Financial Times 15,503 by DANTE
Very straightforward from Dante this morning.
Guardian Quiptic 905/Hectence
As always, a good puzzle from Hectence. However, it proved tricky and did appear for a while as the Guardian Cryptic on the paper’s website one day last week. The Grauniad moves in … Read more >>
Guardian 27,149 / Rufus
The year’s at the spring, And day’s at the morn; Rufus on Monday – All’s right with the world! The familiar medley of anagrams and double and cryptic definitions but there’s some clever … Read more >>
Independent 9495/Silvanus
Unless it’s another setter masquerading under a different pseudonym (which has happened), then welcome to another new compiler in the Indy, Silvanus. You can’t say that the Ed hasn’t introduced some new talent … Read more >>