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Monday Prize Crossword/Jun 9 Another Dante puzzle that will not change the world but one that was enjoyable enough, for which thanks to the setter. Definitions are underlined wherever possible and/or appropriate. Across … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of June 7, 2014 This was a slow solve for me. No single clue caused any great difficulty, but most took some time. My last solves were … Read more >>
A cracking puzzle. Thanks Alberich!
As ever a good puzzle from Dac on a Wednesday The one entry today that I hadn’t come across before was FIGURANTE at 26 across. Chambers tells me that it relates … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26289. Nutmeg in her Cryptic hat has produced some tricky puzzles, but this one seemed to me more on a level with her Quiptics (with the exception of … Read more >>
There was a frisson of trepidation when I saw that the setter for this Inquisitor puzzle was Nimrod, editor of the Inquisitor series and man of many pseudonyms in different national dailies. … Read more >>
Despite the fact that I had to use Google to be sure of the various references to 1/18Ds, with the initial letter in lower case so as to become more general than that building to which tourists and black birds flock, I found this to be more straightforward than some of Morph’s crosswords. Which is not to say that it wasn’t good. It was.
Definitions in italics (although the 1/18D references are also definitions in a way, they are not in italics).
A sunny morning made sunnier on seeing Qaos’ name on the puzzle I was down to blog. Lots of fun to be had here, with several penny-dropping moments and lots of Qaos’ customary … Read more >>
Thanks to Gaufrid for the opportunity to blog this puzzle. I was apprehensive about what I was going to get for my first post, but GURNEY ensured that there would be no problems. This was a fun outing with a variety of clue types thrown in.
This week’s Quiptic is by Orlando, one of my favourite setters.
Straightforward Monday fun from Chifonie. Favourites were 24ac and 27ac
Always a pleasure to come across a Punk puzzle when I’m on duty. Some straightforward stuff to get you going, but I really struggled to get over the line. Only one bum and … Read more >>
My apologies for the late post. I won’t comment on this one as I cheated to get the blog out quickly.
A very enjoyable puzzle, and I was pleased to finish this one unaided, which isn’t something I manage often. There does seem to be some correlation between taking Beelzebub to the pub and … Read more >>
A pleasing puzzle from Everyman, but one I struggled with a bit, especially in the SE corner, where there was a word I had never heard of. Abbreviations cd cryptic … Read more >>