An enjoyable and surprisingly challenging puzzle to mark – of course – today’s referendum on Scottish independence.
Independent 8714 / Hieroglyph
We haven’t had a puzzle with an unhidden theme for a while so today’s Hieroglyph was very welcome. We remember the thematic TV Series at 16ac from the 1960s, although it was not … Read more >>
Guardian 26,368 by Brummie
Really liked this. Started quickly…
Financial Times 14,721 – Dante
Monday Prize Crossword/Sep 8 A Dante crossword without too many difficulties to overcome. Definitions are underlined wherever possible and/or appropriate. Across 1 FRINGE Enclosure surrounded by iron border (6) FE (iron) … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,720 by Mudd
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of September 6, 2014 This Mudd proved a little more difficult than usual and well up to standard. My favourite clues are 9a (GLOBAL), 15d (FLOAT), 16d … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,729 by WANDERER
Sorry for the late post everyone, I completely forgot it was my turn. Good puzzle from Wanderer, fortunately not too tricky today!
Guardian 26,367 – Logodaedalus
My hearyt sank rather when I saw the Logodaedalus, as his puzzles tend to be on the excessively easy side (and sometimes with irrelevant rhyming couplets). However, while there were still quite a … Read more >>
Independent 8,713 / Dac
It was no surprise to find Dac occupying the Wednesday slot this week. Nor was it a surprise to find another set of carefully crafted, highly sound clues. Overall, I found that this … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1350: 3 Down by Charybdis
This one was not so difficult as the last masterpiece of misdirection we had to blog (Soprano by Pointer) where we had to be corrected by johnsurdy! I (Hi) was in Istanbul … Read more >>
Guardian 26,366 by Picaroon
Lovely puzzle, not horrendously hard, see yesterday’s Donk in the Indy for that, my first Picaroon blog.
Independent 8712 / Phi
Phi now seems to be popping up on any day of the week rather than just a Friday, but he is very welcome at any time I really enjoyed the … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,728 by SAYANG
Nothing hard here.
Independent 8711 by Donk
*=anagram [] = removed e.g. char[m]=char ()=abbreviation e.g. A(mpere)=a Hom. = homophone This was a bit of a fiasco for me. I couldn’t get into the style of clues and gave up with … Read more >>
Guardian Quiptic 774/Nutmeg
Nutmeg is now a regular setter of the Guardian cryptic, but she’s not forgotten how to do the ‘easy’ stuff. I liked this one. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition … Read more >>
Guardian 26,365 by Rufus
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26365.