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Quixote delivers well clued crosswords where the wordplay leaves you in little doubt whether your entry is correct or not. Having said that, I was interested by the use of … Read more >>
A quick, enjoyable solve with very tidy clueing throughout. Favourites 25ac and 1dn. Thanks, Chifonie.
Samuel is a prolific setter for many publications that feature barred crosswords and his crosswords usually have a quirky theme. I think Samuel is now the editor of the Enigmatic Variations series in … Read more >>
A pleasant crossword from Eimi. Of course there are references to football and pop music, but I was expecting those. If there is a Nina I can’t see it; it all seems quite straightforward.
Definitions underlined where appropriate.
A very welcome return by Brendan after an absence of more than six months. I thought this was going to be a walkover after filling in the NW corner very quickly, but things … Read more >>
What’s not to like in a puzzle with good surface stories and unambiguous cryptic parsing?
An extremely enjoyable challenge from Quiptic regular Pan.
Well it’s Monday, it’s Rufus, it’s mostly easy. You knew that before coming here though.
This one seemed quite hard at first, but things did fall into place steadily enough. Lots of nice long anagrams to work through, too. I’m not certain I’ve quite nailed the parsing of … Read more >>
A harder than usual puzzle from Azed this week, with a 13 by 11 grid, including a higher than average number of & lit clues.
Another well-crafted and enjoyable puzzle from Everyman this morning, with some particularly pleasing surface readings. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = anagram indicator [x] letter(s) … Read more >>
A good Sunday puzzle from Hypnos, a bit of everything. Thanks Hypnos.
Sometimes we find that the prize crossword is actually easier than some of the weekday puzzles – this wasn’t one of them. There were a number of clues when one or other of … Read more >>
This was a really tough puzzle with an appropriate mini-theme.