A very nice puzzle from Gozo.
Independent 8,725 by Dac
As always on Wednesdays, which don’t seem to be suffering the upheavals of the other days.
I sometimes wonder whether to feign ignorance of the parsing of some clues, so that people will respond and tell me how they work It’s the only way people will be prompted to post when it’s a Dac day, for everything is so tidy and uncontroversial, although in this one there’s a question about 5dn.
Guardian 26,379 by Pasquale
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26379
Inquisitor 1352: Identity Crisis by Jago
The editor refers to the “IQ debutant Jago“, but, assuming there’s only one setter that goes by that name, he’s produced well over 20 puzzles in the last 40 years for The Listener … Read more >>
Guardian 26,378 / Shed
A welcome return appearance from Shed. I was lucky enough to blog his last puzzle, a couple of months ago, and said then that we don’t see enough of him. There’s lots of … Read more >>
Independent 8724 / Radian
We found it difficult to get started on the puzzle; it wasn’t until Joyce did her usual trick when she is stuck of looking at some of the last down clues that we … Read more >>
Financial Times 14740 Neo
(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.) It’s been some time since I … Read more >>
Financial Times 14740 with Picture Quiz
(Please post comments on ONLY the picture quiz hereinbelow. To post comments on the crossword puzzle, please click here.) It’s been some time since I blogged Neo. Thanks for the renewed acquaintance. And … Read more >>
Beelzebub 1,281
I seem to have managed to complete this with barely a scribble or a note on the paper, so I assume it must have been fairly smooth going. That said, 10 and 24 … Read more >>
Guardian Quiptic 776/Moley
An unexceptionable Quiptic from Moley this morning. Which is what Quiptics are meant to be. Plenty of anagrams to get you going, and generally clear cluing otherwise. A good number of clues with … Read more >>
Independent 8723/Raich
The editor reverting to form today, giving us a gentle introduction to the week with a well-constructed and clearly-clued puzzle from Raich. Ideal for improving solvers and no doubt a pleasant stroll for … Read more >>
Guardian 26,377 by Rufus
Nothing too tricksy from Rufus, but lots of fun…
Cyclops 530: Don’t panic!
Some nice clues from Cyclops this week, with the usual scattering of scurrilous and misleading surface reading. I completed it in the course a a not-very-long bus journey, which indicates that it wasn’t … Read more >>
Independent on Sunday 1,283 by Poins
Sorry Poins old chap, you’ve drawn me yet again and I must admit I found this one quite tough. A week later I still don’t appear to have completed the top left corner … Read more >>
Everyman 3,546
A lot of cryptic defs I thought this week