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Thank you to Carpathian. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Carpathian has achieved one-word definitions in all the across clues and in all but 3 of the down ones. Across 1. Second wine … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28549.
After another three-week absence, Paul returns to the Saturday slot – which puts him back once again in synch with my four-weekly Saturday blog. I reckon this must be my fastest-ever solve of … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28547.
Imogen sets the challenge today, with his customary medley of straightforward and some more tricky clues. My favourites were 9, 11,and 26ac and 10, 17 and 20dn. One bit of parsing (4dn) escapes … Read more >>
Found this slow at the beginning and smooth once I got going. Top favourite was 12dn, and I also liked 20ac, 24ac, and 23dn. Thanks to Brummie for the puzzle
A quick solve for me today, helped by…
Monday, Monday…and it’s Pan who appears in this morning’s Guardian.
You always know you will get a sound, fair and no-bells-and-whistles Quiptic from Pasquale. I’d be specially recommending this one to those who really are newish to the art of cryptic solving. … Read more >>
The words “Genius puzzle” and “Vlad” are a scary combination for a blogger, but this one turned out to be “only” moderate-to-hard on the Genius scale. My way in to the theme was … Read more >>
This was a good challenge for the Bank Holiday weekend from Maskarade, with an impressively constructed grid The theme of the puzzle is RING CYCLE, referring to Wagner’s four opera cycle, Der Ring … Read more >>
Thanks to Nutmeg. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Drive bishop away from bumpiest ground (7) IMPETUS : “b”(abbrev. for “bishop” in chess notation) deleted from(away from) anagram of(… ground) “bumpiest“. … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28540.
Another cracker of a puzzle from Picaroon to brighten yet another dull morning. There’s the customary wit and elegance in the cluing, with some great definitions and surfaces – and one or two … Read more >>
A tough challenge – my favourites were 13ac, 17ac, 3dn, 13dn, and 14dn. Many thanks to Brendan.