Monk has defeated me today, there are still three clues that I can’t explain. Any help appreciated.
Independent 8629 / Dac
He keeps on doing it week after week. At no point in this crossword are there anything but super-smooth surfaces and utterly sound clueing. I once likened Dac to Mozart, which may be … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1336: Additive by Xanthippe
Second time out here for Xanthippe (though many more Listener puzzles). Four answers too long (& making one fit results in a blank cell); five others too short & so initially padded with … Read more >>
Financial Times 14644 Armonie
(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.) A straightforward, pleasant puzzle from Armonie, … Read more >>
Financial Times 14644 with Picture Quiz
(Please post comments on ONLY the picture quiz hereinbelow. To post comments on the crossword puzzle, please click here.) A straightforward, pleasant puzzle from Armonie, to whom thanks. Definitions are underlined in the … Read more >>
Independent 8628 / Scorpion
It’s a while since we blogged a Scorpion puzzle although they appear once a month. We normally prefer ghost themes but there were some enjoyable moments during the solve today. We were familiar … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic No. 26,282 by Brummie
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26282. Perhaps I am on Brummie’s wavelength, because virtually every answer came readily on reading the clue. His tour of the outer reaches of the orchestra is novel. … Read more >>
New Bloggers Required
Edit (10/6/14): the vacancies have now been filled.
New bloggers are required to cover the following puzzles:
Financial Times (Tuesday, either every week or as part of a rota for this day)
Guardian Quiptic (every fourth Monday)
Guardian Genius (once every six months)
Independent 8,627 by Alchemi
Monday already and once more it’s Quixote, err hang on it’s Alchemi.
Guardian 26,281 / Rufus
A fairly typical Rufus puzzle, with a number of neat anagrams and double definitions – though rather fewer cryptic definitions today. A couple of the double definitions are rather close in meaning but … Read more >>
Guardian Quiptic 760/Hectence
I liked this Quiptic from Hectence. It wasn’t all completely straightforward to solve or parse, but once you had a foothold I think an improving solver could be expected to work through the … Read more >>
Cyclops 522: Bad company
As I blog this Cyclops puzzle, I find myself in the company of some very unsavoury characters, not to mention deeply unpleasant military hardware. What a way to spend Monday morning (yes, I … Read more >>
Beelzebub 1,265
Generally quite mid-paced in terms of difficulty, I found, though there are a couple left to explain this week, at 14 across and 20 down. *=anagram, []=dropped, <=reversed. Across 1 KEEL – LEEK<. … Read more >>
Independent on Sunday 1,267 by Commoner
First things first, I must own up that this probably won’t be a vintage post, as I simply didn’t get the time to even begin this puzzle this week, hence a slightly tardy … Read more >>