Enigmatist told me he was on today at the weekend, so I’ve had a few days to dread this.
Independent 8,749 by Quixote
Quixote’s usual very satisfactory and sound crossword, a good replacement when there is no Dac on a Wednesday.
Definitions (apart from in 1ac, which I’m not sure about) underlined. [I wasn’t sure about it, but I am now, so the definition is underlined]
Inquisitor 1356: Weapon Material by Schadenfreude
Schadenfreude is back again. I paraphrase: “Each of 18 clues has a redundant word with one letter in common with its answer. These letters define the phrase to be entered in empty … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,764 / Sleuth
I don’t know what has happened to today’s scheduled blogger but something has obviously prevented him from turning up. My apologies for the late appearance of this post which, in the interest of … Read more >>
Independent 8748 / Anax
An ‘ancient Greek leader’ informed us that todays’s puzzle was very significant. It is Anax’s 100th Indy puzzle, the first appearing on July 9th 2009. It was blogged by beermagnet who was … Read more >>
Guardian 26,402 by Brummie
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26402.
A message from John Henderson
Jane and I would like to thank everyone for making the (first) Sloggers and Betters York weekend such an amazing event. We were 22 on the Friday pub quiz crawl and exactly sixty … Read more >>
Independent 8747 by Alchemi
An enjoyable crossword with a nice mixture of clues, generally on the easy side. My only quibbles with with 3 and 17 Across 1. Setting forth out of the post office, then south, … Read more >>
Guardian Quiptic 780/Provis
I’ll tell you what, I think this setter has got the hang of compiling a Quiptic. I enjoyed solving and blogging this one. One or two quibbles, but overall a well-crafted puzzle for … Read more >>
Guardian 26,401 / Chifonie
It’s only been five days since Chifonie last appeared so I certainly didn’t expect to see him again today. In keeping with the usual aim on a Monday, this was a simple and … Read more >>
Cyclops 532: Dangerous liaisons
I am writing this blog while feeling a touch 4d after Friday evening and Saturday spent having fun with other Sloggers & Betters in York. It was great to see so many people … Read more >>
Beelzebub 1,285
Quite a tough week, and I struggled to finish things off. In fact I failed to do so, because 29 across has me beaten. There seem to be many options in Chambers, though … Read more >>
Independent on Sunday 1,287 by Poins
I think this is the fourth Sunday blog in a row that I’ve drawn Poins, or vice versa. No complaints from me there. As usual, this one seemed very smooth indeed, with everything … Read more >>
Everyman 3,550
A quite enjoyable Everyman this week
Azed 2211
As ever, a well constructed puzzle from Azed. There are a couple of clues where I am not entirely sure of the wordplay, indeed for 16 across [SEMPER] I really … Read more >>