Nutmeg’s not giving too much away here. The title, STRATEGY, is in some way inappropriate or at least has to be made ‘more appropriate’. Someone or something ‘has a problem’, and the grid has to be ‘altered’ is some unspecified way. Let’s hope we can get more from the clues.
Independent 8529 / Phi
Phi often does interesting things with the letters and words in the grid – today he has done something different by using a grid with reflective symmetry. The grid today … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic N° 26,183 by Orlando
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26183. I am coming off an unpleasant cold, and am not at my sharpest, which may explain my trouble with 11A. Across 1. Do good with … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,546 by FLIMSY
Once again, the Friday grid has been especially approachable. Thanks Flimsy for a very pleasant run, and with straightforward cluing that leaves no room for any ambiguity.
Independent 8,528 by Tyrus
Tyrus has given us his usual good tough crossword, and in places I’m not really sure that I’ve got it right, but no doubt someone will correct me. At least I have always suggested something, although with little confidence at times.
And if there’s a Nina, as usual I can’t see it.
Definitions in italics.
Guardian 26,182 / Paul
Paul on top form, though not at his most difficult – a very enjoyable puzzle, with some very clever and well-hidden anagrams and several examples of the quirky cluing that we expect from … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,545 / Sleuth
I didn’t know I was going to be blogging this puzzle until after I had finished it otherwise I would have made some notes at the time. Fortunately all the parsing is straightforward … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,536 – Dante
Monday Prize Crossword/Feb 3 A fairly typical Dante puzzle, pleasant and smooth – nothing too taxing (apart from 1ac, perhaps – well, for me it was). Definitions are underlined wherever possible and/or appropriate. … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,535 by Bradman
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of February 1, 2014 I found this easier than most Bradman puzzles although it still presented a decent challenge. My choice clues are 9a (EXEMPLIFIED) and 26a … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,544 by AARDVARK
Very enjoyable and on the whole not too difficult, just a couple that I struggled with. Thank you Aardvark.
Guardian 26,181 by Tramp
This was tough – I needed two sittings to finish it, and another to nail the parsing. Some lovely cluing – I especially liked 12ac, 2dn and 23dn.
Independent 8527 / Dac
Another Wednesday, another Dac and we’re not complaining. As RatkojaRiku said in the blog last week, it is always very difficult to pick a favourite with Dac’s puzzles. Last time we blogged a … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1319: What are you Doing? by Kruger
Preamble: Each answer must have a letter removed, wherever it occurs, before entry in the grid. Definitions refer to the original answers; wordplay and letter-counts refer to the mutilated forms entered in the … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,543 / Hamilton
As I often do, I started at the end and worked backwards through the clues which meant that I didn’t see the key 1ac until it was referenced in one of the other … Read more >>
Guardian 26,180 – Chifonie
I see it’s been corrected now, but when I went to the Guardian crossword page earlier this morning it said that today’s puzzle was by Philistine (though the puzzle itself had Chifonie’s name … Read more >>