Guardian Cryptic 26176 Brendan

(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.)   As usual, Brendan has built a mini-theme … Read more >>

Financial Times 14537 Gaff

(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.)  Today, Gaff has given us a … Read more >>

Guardian Cryptic 26170 Arachne

The last Arachne I blogged was her last Quiptic before she retired from that section.  I’m pleased to make her re-acquaintance today.  It was fun solving and blogging it – quite some inventive clueing.  … Read more >>

Financial Times 14531 Jason

Thanks Jason, for an enjoyable puzzle.  Definitions are underlined in the clues. [[The pictures at the bottom have unidentified links to the puzzle. Please enclose any comments on them in double brackets. Thank … Read more >>

Financial Times 14525 Neo

An enjoyable puzzle as always from Neo, to whom thanks.  The min-theme is referenced in 12across, but there may be other (hidden) themes that I can’t spot (there is some poetry, some zoology … Read more >>

Financial Times 14519 Phssthpok

Another enjoyable puzzle by a Tuesday regular.  Thanks to Phssthpok.  Definitions are underlined in the clues. [[The pictures at the bottom have unidentified links to the puzzle. Please enclose any comments on them … Read more >>

Financial Times 14513 Dante

A rare, if ever, Tuesday spot for Dante, which I suppose is necessitated by having to place Gaff’s puzzle in yesterday’s spot (for obvious reasons).  Much has been said about Dante’s style, a … Read more >>

Guardian Cryptic 26147 Pasquale

Quite a straightforward puzzle, with just a little more time required for parsing a couple.  Thanks to Pasquale.  There is a pair of twin answers which seemed to promise a theme, but it fizzled … Read more >>

Financial Times 14508 Aardvark

This is my last 15sq. blog for 2013, so a Happy New Year to one and all, and have a great festive time tonight.  This last 2013 FT offering was a bit difficult to … Read more >>