This themed puzzle lacked definitions for six solutions, but the wordplay meant that there was no difficulty in working them out.
Independent Crossword 8530 by Anax (15-02-2014)
The Saturday after Valentine’s day and a duel with Anax. Now this was certainly one for a hungry person on a long train journey, where the buffet was closed. Every clue has some reference … Read more >>
Enigmatic Variations No. 1108: Dreams by Rasputin
In ‘DREAMS’ solvers need to turn one man’s dreams ‘into reality’ by single word removals from various clues, and by erasing 51 cells from the completed grid – so pencils and/or correcting fluid at the … Read more >>
Guardian 26,189 / Philistine
I have commented a couple of times already on what a good week we’ve been having for puzzles – not only in the Guardian – and to round it off with one from … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,552 by BRADMAN
My third time covering Bradman, another great grid to finish the working week with. Thanks Bradman for a pleasurable solve. Just touched down in Tokyo a couple of hours back and immediately got to a wifi enabled location to get my fix for the day.
Independent 8,535 / Phi
I was expecting this Friday to bring me a lexical tussle with Phi, and so it did. This was a puzzle I was expecting to whizz through, having worked out all the longer … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,551 / Magwitch
Magwitch has been appearing monthly since last September so this is his/her sixth puzzle in the FT. I found this one to be on the easy side but this did not detract from the enjoyment … Read more >>
Independent 8534 / Klingsor
Klingsor’s puzzle today was a fair workout for a Thursday. There were a couple of lesser known words / phrases, for me at least, in the top left hand corner … Read more >>
Guardian 26,188 by Crucible
A fun puzzle with a few thematically linked clues and solutions – I struggled with the top half of the grid until I caught on to the theme. I particularly liked 12ac, 26ac, 7dn and 23dn.
Financial Times 14,542 – Crux
Monday Prize Crossword/Feb 10 A very enjoyable brain exercise from Crux. Plenty of variation, nice surfaces and a couple of morbid clues (5d, 23d) on top of that ….. Definitions are underlined wherever … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,541 by Mudd
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of February 8, 2014 While it may be a little heavy in the use of ‘first of’ (in 14a, 15a and 19d), I found this a good … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,550 by Redshank
In general the clues were pretty clear and obvious – after I had solved them. Before solving they were anything but. This is my definition of a good cryptic.
Independent 8,533 by Dac
An unusually easy crossword from Dac today, it seemed. But that is not to denigrate it: there are as always some lovely surfaces and all is sound — even 24ac, about which I have slight misgivings, may possibly be included in this.
Definitions in italics.
Guardian 26,187 – Enigmatist
I blogged Enigmatist’s last weekday puzzle in April last year, and can repeat almost verbatim what I said then: “It’s been quite a while since we saw Enigmatist on a weekday … and … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1320: From There to Where? by Samuel
Seven entries are “starting points” (towns, cities, countries) clued in alphabetical order by wordplay only, and seven rhyming “destinations” are not clued at all. Extra letters in the wordplay of 33 clues spell … Read more >>