THe puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26326.
Financial Times 14,679 – Dante
Monday Prize Crossword/Jul 21 I do so many crosswords nowadays that I actually can’t remember anymore what I thought of this puzzle. When writing this blog, I didn’t see any real difficulties. Dante … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,678 by Mudd
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of July 19, 2014 I found this to be a splendid Mudd. My star clues are 1a (ON AND OFF), 13a (TURNABOUT), 24a (TACKIER), 16d (SCREWTOP) and … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,687 / Gozo
We were told that “S has the same meaning throughout the clues” so, as all the across clues started with an S, I looked at the down clues first and entered seven solutions, … Read more >>
Guardian 26,325 / Paul
As Conrad helpfully says, at comment 4, “Anyone wishing to do this online should use the PDF not the print version. Apart from saying 166 where it means 16 it is fine.” A … Read more >>
Independent 8671 / Quixote
So, it’s the Don filling Dac’s last Wednesday of the month slot this time. We found this trickier than the average Quixote, with several head-scratching moments, particularly over the parsing of 1d. However, … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1343: Partly Connected by Lato
Preamble: Nine (3 groups of three) answers are partly thematic. These are each clued with a single letter definition misprint which, when corrected, reveal a location for a possible sighting. Redundant single letters … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,686 by ARMONIE
This was a welcome puzzle today as I was running a little late with blogging. In each clue the wordplay and definitions fell in neatly so there wasn’t much to be doubtful about once I had the answers.
Independent 8,670 / Monk
It is Tuesday today, the slot being occupied by Monk this week. It is a long time since it has fallen to me to blog a puzzle by Monk. I made steady, rather … Read more >>
Guardian 26,324 by Chifonie
Enjoyable and well-clued as ever from Chifonie – I particularly liked 23ac, as well as the misdirection in 2, 19 and 22dn.
Guardian Quiptic 767 Pan
(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.) I think this was of the … Read more >>
Guardian Quiptic 767 with Picture Quiz
(Please post comments on ONLY the picture quiz hereinbelow. To post comments on the crossword puzzle, please click here.) I think this was of the right difficulty for a Quiptic, though 12 across … Read more >>
Guardian 26,323 – Rufus
For some reason I found this harder going than usual for a Rufus, with the bottom half causing the most trouble. The grid doesn’t help: with no answers longer than nine letters it’s … Read more >>
Independent 8669/Scorpion
Flipping heck, I only put my hand up to blog the Monday Indy on the grounds that it was ‘easy’. Easy this wasn’t. I got really stuck on two or three occasions, and … Read more >>
Beelzebub 1,272
An interesting grid this week, with quite a few short entries and 90° rotational symmetry. I did feel the grid rendered the four quarters of the grid a little isolated, making one or … Read more >>