Beelzebub 1,290

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This week’s Beelzebub was excellent train company on a trek home from The North. I don’t tend to keep note of timings, but since I was still finishing Inquisitor as the train passed … Read more >>

Beelzebub 1,289

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A classic Beelzebub of about average difficulty, I found, though with some quite tricky parsings, and plenty of nice long anagrams to work through. I’m a way behind with these due to a … Read more >>

Guardian 26,430 / Brummie

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I think this was the toughest prize puzzle we’ve done in while (admittedly we’re mostly just doing them on blogging weeks at the moment due to lack of time), but a satisfying one … Read more >>

Financial Times 14,797 by GAFF

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A very entertaining puzzle from Gaff. I had written a much longer preamble than this one, but somehow lost it due to a technical glitch. As with most if not all Gaffles (Gaff-puzzles), there is a central theme. 1ac continues to elude me so any help here would be much appreciated.

Guardian 26,434 – Otterden

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I haven’t been particularly impressed by Otterden’s puzzles in the past, and I’m afraid this one has done nothing to change my opinion. To repeat what I said on a previous occasion, “there … Read more >>

Financial Times 14,787 – Crux

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Monday Prize Crossword/Nov 24 Neat puzzle by Crux with a few cross-references thrown in this time. Definitions are underlined wherever possible and/or appropriate. Across 1 ONE BY ONE HM’s autobiography, perhaps, in single … Read more >>

Financial Times 14,786 by Mudd

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Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of November 22, 2014 Some people have mentioned this before and, on this occasion, even I am struck by Mudd’s heavy use of double definitions. He starts … Read more >>