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Financial Times 14,560 – Dante

Thu March 13, 2014 at 12:05 am by Sil

Monday Prize Crossword/Mar 3 A Dante crossword with the usual mix of familiar devices but also a puzzle with some really nice surfaces. In that respect, I particularly liked 10ac but I wasn’t … Read more >>

Financial Times 14,559 by Cincinnus

Thu March 13, 2014 at 3:27 pmThu March 13, 2014 at 12:01 am by Pete Maclean

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of March 1, 2014 It is good to have a Cincinnus again. This one struck me as a wee bit on the difficult side. My favourite clues … Read more >>

Financial Times 14,568 by Io

Wed March 12, 2014 at 1:20 pmWed March 12, 2014 at 10:26 am by PeeDee

A mixed difficulty puzzle from Io, something for everyone. Things started off quite comfortably in the top left corner and then got progressively harder and harder as I moved through the grid. There are a couple that I still can’t fully explain, any help appreciated. Thanks Io.

Guardian 26,205 / Logodaedalus

Wed March 12, 2014 at 8:51 am by Eileen

Logodaedalus puzzles appear very rarely – the last one was August last year, which was over eighteen months after the previous one. The wordplay is, characteristically, very straightforward throughout, with a number of … Read more >>

Independent 8551 / Dac

Wed March 12, 2014 at 8:36 am by Gaufrid

As others have regularly said on a Wednesday, it is difficult to find something new to say about a puzzle set by Dac and today is no exception. The usual quality cluing with … Read more >>

Inquisitor 1323: Achieve Dead Boxer’s Struggle by Ifor

Wed March 12, 2014 at 12:01 am by kenmac

Preamble: A quotation suggests why a number of shorter words each forming part of an answer must be replaced by other words, not always of the same length. Numbers in brackets give entry lengths. Unchecked letters within these replacement words can be … Read more >>

Financial Times 14567 Phssthpok

Tue March 11, 2014 at 5:34 pmTue March 11, 2014 at 9:40 am by scchua

(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.) An enjoyable puzzle from Tuesday regular Phssthpok, … Read more >>

Financial Times 14567 with Picture Quiz

Tue March 11, 2014 at 5:35 pmTue March 11, 2014 at 9:36 am by scchua

(Please post comments on ONLY the picture quiz hereinbelow. To post comments on the crossword puzzle, please click here.) An enjoyable puzzle from Tuesday regular Phssthpok, with a couple at the end taking … Read more >>

Independent 8,550 / Radian

Tue March 11, 2014 at 7:52 am by RatkojaRiku

This morning saw my latest Tuesday tussle with Radian. This particular puzzle had a more obvious theme than some previous ones, in that many of the clues referred explicitly to languages. As such, … Read more >>

Guardian 26,204 by Orlando

Tue March 11, 2014 at 1:11 am by manehi

I really enjoyed this, as is usual with Orlando. Lots of clever clues and surfaces – 9ac, 23ac, 4dn, 16dn and 21dn were my favourites.

Guardian Quiptic 747 Hectence

Mon March 10, 2014 at 12:51 pmMon March 10, 2014 at 9:31 am by scchua

(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.) This was an enjoyable puzzle from … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic 747 with Picture Quiz

Mon March 10, 2014 at 12:52 pmMon March 10, 2014 at 9:30 am by scchua

(Please post comments on ONLY the picture quiz hereinbelow. To post comments on the crossword puzzle, please click here.) This was an enjoyable puzzle from Hectence, with bits of it reminiscent of a … Read more >>

Guardian 26,203 – Rufus

Mon March 10, 2014 at 8:37 am by Andrew

Once again a Rufus puzzle that is rather too heavy for my taste on the cryptic definitions (four of them, including a couple that seem barely cryptic) and double defintions (six, plus one … Read more >>

Independent 8549/Rorschach

Tue March 11, 2014 at 4:39 pmMon March 10, 2014 at 7:30 am by Pierre

Has Rorschach blotted his copybook with this one? In my opinion, not at all. I really liked this one, although those expecting the usual fairly gentle introduction to the Indy week might have … Read more >>

Beelzebub 1,252

Sun March 9, 2014 at 10:04 pmSun March 9, 2014 at 7:45 pm by Simon Harding

Just the one I can’t explain this week, which admittedly is often the case. 31 across has me beaten so I’ve reproduced the clue. *=anagram, []=dropped, <=reversed. Across 1 GATSBY – TSB in … Read more >>