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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 >>
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.
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
(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 >>
(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 >>
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 >>
I really enjoyed this, as is usual with Orlando. Lots of clever clues and surfaces – 9ac, 23ac, 4dn, 16dn and 21dn were my favourites.
(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 >>
(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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
Not a breeze by any means from Hypnos this morning, but still an accessible puzzle with plenty to enjoy. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = … Read more >>