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Monday Prize Crossword/Sep 15 This is indeed last week’s Prize Crossword but it wasn’t published in the newspaper itself. The FT mistakingly printed off a repeat of IO’s lovingly made tribute to Robin Williams. … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of September 13, 2014 The top-left of this puzzle was tricky but on the whole it was a jolly good one with some nifty clues, especially 8a … Read more >>
Another themed puzzle from Io, trickier than the one I blogged a couple of weeks ago. There are still some explanations that I am not sure about so any help in getting to the bottom of these would be appreciated.
Quixote setting and me blogging on a Wednesday? The Indy crossword world is upside down. Not really: Quixote seems to be taking over the last Wednesday of the month slot; and I’m off … Read more >>
Preamble: Six words, occupying three rows of the grid in total, are clued without their common definition. Using that common definition, with particular reference to one of the six and an answer elsewhere … Read more >>
Scorpion has filled today’s slot with a puzzle that befits Ryder Cup week. References to golf abound in this puzzle, either in clues – e.g. 4, 25D – or solutions – e.g. 8, … Read more >>
Nice and easy crossword. Lots of lovely clues with good surface stories throughout. Thanks ARMONIE
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26372.
(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.) Sorry for the late blog, as … Read more >>
(Please post comments on ONLY the picture quiz hereinbelow. To post comments on the crossword puzzle, please click here.) Sorry for the late blog, as this puzzle was indexed wrongly on the Guardian … Read more >>
A sweet musical interlude from Crosophile today
A bit of a mixture from Rufus today – mostly straightforward but one or two [22ac, 23dn] needed a bit more thought. As usual, a number of double and cryptic definitions – but … Read more >>
About average difficulty this week, I’d say, with some very interesting bits and bobs of language in there. I did have to cheat quite shamelessly to get AMICUS CURIAE and PRECISIVE, though they … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3545.