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An enjoyable gentle workout from Eccles today. Apart from my moans about the way that language is evolving — and some would say just live with it — there are a whole lot of pleasant simply-constructed clues here.
Definitions underlined and in maroon.
Marvellous! Thank you Gozo.
I found this much harder than usual for Tramp, and some of the parsing eluded me for some time even after I’d filled in the answers. There’s an error in 8d, but it … Read more >>
Phi has now reached a half-century of puzzles since they were renamed as Inquisitor a decade ago. Preamble: The bookshelf held seven books but three are missing. Unclued answers, including 1 across, … Read more >>
We couldn’t remember blogging a Vigo puzzle before but, after checking, we found that we had – back in 2015. Given our comments about 5d and 9ac, we are having concerns about memory … Read more >>
Two (or three) themes for the price of one.
It’s been a long time since I blogged one of Neo’s crosswords. Quite enjoyable, and perhaps not as hard as he can sometimes be. Thanks to Neo. Definitions are underlined in the clues. … Read more >>
Interesting one in the Quiptic slot from Moley today. What did you think? Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = anagram indicator [x] letter(s) removed … Read more >>
It’s Monday and once more it’s cheeky chappie Hoskins.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27143.
An enjoyable start to a Sunday morning. Thank you Poins.
The usual good-quality Azed competition puzzle: everything seems to be soundly clued.
Definitions underlined and in maroon.
In the preamble it says ‘NB Competition clues submitted should begin with an appropriate letter so as to complete a hidden message‘. I spent ages trying to find this hidden message.
A nina in an Everyman? Well possibly.
A Morph puzzle as spring threatens to spring forth after another ridiculously mild winter. First of all I must congratulate Morph for mentioning the town I grew up in a clue. There was … Read more >>
As John Cleese once warbled in a Monty Python sketch: ‘Fiddle-de-dum, fiddle-di-dee, Eric the half-a-bee’… Steve seems to be challenging us to solve or find HALF a something in this EV…Eric the half-an-EV? … Read more >>