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 >>
Guardian 26186 / Puck
A wonderful mix of the erudite and the scatological from the ever-inventive Puck. Not since the passing of Araucaria have I learned so much general knowledge – or deployed so much I already … Read more >>
Financial Times 14549 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 fair puzzle from Armonie, to whom … Read more >>
Financial Times 14549 with Picture Quiz
(Please post comments on ONLY the picture quiz hereinbelow. To post comments on the crossword puzzle, please click here.) A fair puzzle from Armonie, to whom thanks. Definitions are underlined in the clues. … Read more >>
Independent 8532 / Donk
Regular solvers may remember Donk’s last puzzle, which we were very lucky to blog on January 9th – a real tour de force. In our opinion it would be very difficult to beat … Read more >>
Quiptic 744/Hectence
I thought this hit the spot for a Quiptic. Good variety in the cluing; nothing too obscure; and where the wordplay was a little complicated, clear definitions. Abbreviations cd cryptic … Read more >>
Independent 8531 by Quixote
I found this at the harder end of the Quixote spectrum, with quite a lot of fairly unusual words. Clues like 13 and 5 were tough to get without most of the crossing … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic N° 26,185 by Rufus
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26185. A fairly typical Rufus, but showing up some of what I would regard as his weaknesses – the ambiguous answer to 2D, two essentially straight definitions (unless … Read more >>
Cyclops 514: Outing camp
For once, I have completed my blog in good time. As I write this, however, I am still struggling for something amusing to add at the end. There is no competition, as far … Read more >>
Beelzebub 1,249
As if this week’s IoS crossword wasn’t enough of a challenge, this seemed to be quite a tough week from Beelzebub too. In fact I’ve made it all the way to blogging day … Read more >>
Independent on Sunday 1,251 by Poins
Quite a tough workout from Poins this week, I found. There were several points (Tom Mix, for example) where my general knowledge fell short, and plenty of new terms to learn. That said, … Read more >>
Everyman No. 3514 ( 9th February)
Lorraine: Good Morning to you all, Pleasant solve I felt with plenty of anagrams and easy to follow cluing. So many favourites, too numerous to mention them all. All in all a most enjoyable … Read more >>
Azed 2175
Having had a Competition Puzzle from Azed last week it was likely that this puzzle would be a standard one. That is how it turned out. The wordplay in this … Read more >>
Independent 8524 by Jambazi (Saturday Prize Puzzle 8 February 2014)
‘Jambazi’ is ‘Tramp’s Indy pseudonym, but on closer inspection of this puzzle, could he also be ‘Cyclops’ in disguise?… On my initial solve, this seemed a fairly straightforward puzzle – suitably difficult for a Saturday … Read more >>