A masterclass from Sleuth in setting a fairly easy puzzle that is nevertheless a pleasure to solve.
Independent 8786/Hob
I find myself blogging – for reasons too embarrassing to elucidate in public – in the Thursday slot. Which is usually hard, and is indeed hard today. Since I am out of my … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 26440 Paul
(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.) An enjoyable puzzle that wasn’t much of … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 26440 with Picture Quiz
(Please post comments on ONLY the picture quiz hereinbelow. To post comments on the crossword puzzle, please click here.) An enjoyable puzzle that wasn’t much of a problem, thanks to Paul. Definitions are underlined … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,801 by AARDVARK
A fine crossword from Aardvark. Not a hard puzzle, but one that I would have finished much more quickly if there had not been so many obvious paths to the solution that turned into dead ends. I’m sure he does it on purpose! Thanks Aardvark.
Independent 8,785 / Dac
As expected, Dac’s latest puzzle was waiting for me this Wednesday morning. At first, I thought that I was going to zip through this crossword, having solved a lot of clues in the … Read more >>
Guardian 26,439 by Chifonie
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26439.
Financial Times 14,793 – Dante
Monday Prize Crossword/Dec 1 Despite some very easy clues (16ac, 6d, 21d, 25d) I must say that I found this quite a difficult puzzle that took me much longer than the average Dante/Rufus. … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,792 by Redshank
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of November 29, 2014 I don’t remember when I took to a new setter as quickly, as easily and as pleasantly as Redshank. Mind you he is … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1362: 1 Across by S.M.E.R.S.H.
Welcome S.M.E.R.S.H. (unless you are someone else disguised as the Soviet CIA). What a crossword! I counted 18 answers (almost half!) which were words I’d never heard of or meanings I’d never imagined, … Read more >>
Beelzebub 1,291
A slightly hurried post just to get back up to date. As it happens, I’ve made very few notes or scribbles, suggesting this one wasn’t expecially problematic. *=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed. Across 1 SCOUTH … Read more >>
Guardian 26,438 / Puck
I count myself fortunate to have drawn a Puck puzzle to blog. There is some very inventive and whimsical cluing here, along with lovely story-telling surfaces, as usual with this setter, leading to … Read more >>
Independent 8784 / Alchemi
This is my first blog after a few wonderful weeks in New Zealand. The puzzle by Alchemi has provided a pleasant re-introduction to blogging. Thanks to Gaufrid for standing in for me … Read more >>
FINANCIAL TIMES No. 14,800 by PHSSTHPOK
Very enjoyable puzzle …
Independent 8783 by Kairos
I found this ultimately a little unsatisfactory because 16 and 15 across were rather obscure and your only recourse, if you didn’t know the words, was to guess. Apart from those two, it … Read more >>