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Enigmatic Variations No. 1100: Compère by Oxymoron

Sat December 21, 2013 at 12:36 amSat December 21, 2013 at 12:01 am by mc_rapper67

The EV series clocks up another hundred on the mileometer and, due to the rotation of the four current bloggers, I am the lucky one to mark the occasion (as I was with EV1000 … Read more >>

Guardian Prize Puzzle 26,131 by Paul

Sat December 21, 2013 at 12:00 am by PeeDee

Fine fare from Paul as we have come to expect. A medium level of difficulty and a varied set of clues, nowhere did I get the feeling that Paul is repeating himself. Quite … Read more >>

Enigmatic Variations No.1099 – School Team by Kruger

Sat December 21, 2013 at 12:56 amSat December 21, 2013 at 12:00 am by Mister Sting

There’s only a short preamble this time. There are, we are told, ten answers which are to be modified. The remark about the lengths of grid entries implies that these may involve the addition or removal or letters. But the pressing question is, as always, which letters?

Financial Times 14,501 by FALCON

Fri December 20, 2013 at 2:30 pmFri December 20, 2013 at 8:53 am by Turbolegs

Really loved this grid by Falcon – had to make liberal use of Dr.Google for parsing some of the clues, especially those that related to UK-specific origins. Across 1 TINPOT Paltry cash prize … Read more >>

Independent 8482 / Phi

Fri April 27, 2018 at 10:24 amFri December 20, 2013 at 7:30 am by duncanshiell

Phi continues to tease us on Fridays with fair clues that often put a smile on one’s face when the penny drops. A good mix of general knowledge was required … Read more >>

Guardian 26,136 by Orlando

Fri December 20, 2013 at 2:29 am by manehi

Not as tricky as Orlando can be, but some lovely cluing – I particularly liked 24ac, 3dn, 16dn and 18dn. Across 1 Everyone in drag is fat (6) TALLOW =”fat”. ALL=”Everyone” in TOW=”drag” … Read more >>

Independent 8,481 by Anax

Thu December 19, 2013 at 10:45 pmThu December 19, 2013 at 12:00 pm by John

Another outstanding crossword from Anax — difficult of course and if I hadn’t been doing the blog and had been struggling on paper, without the kick start provided by the cheating buttons online, … Read more >>

Guardian 26,135 / Paul

Thu December 19, 2013 at 10:20 amThu December 19, 2013 at 9:48 am by Andrew

A real crossword-puzzler’s crossword puzzle from Paul today… …celebrating the centenary of (probably) the first published puzzle. I found most of the clueing quite gentle by Paul’s standards, though entertaining as always, but … Read more >>

Financial Times no.14,500 by Flimsy

Thu December 19, 2013 at 9:25 am by Ringo

Satisfying to knock off for the Christmas holidays with a nice round number – and a nice puzzle, too. Not a huge challenge but all very neat; some really lovely surfaces, too. Thank-you, … Read more >>

Financial Times 14,499 by Redshank

Wed December 18, 2013 at 7:17 pmWed December 18, 2013 at 10:53 am by PeeDee

I found the south-east corner of this puzzle very tricky, it took me much longer than all the rest of the puzzle combined. Anyone else find this, or was it just me? There … Read more >>

Guardian 26,134 by Philistine

Wed December 18, 2013 at 12:29 pmWed December 18, 2013 at 10:48 am by flashling

A week to Christmas, my first Philistine I believe. Some very terse cluing and some rather misleading to those used to Rufus’s style but not too difficult in hindsight. Hope to see some of you Saturday. … Read more >>

Independent 8480 / Dac

Wed December 18, 2013 at 4:50 pmWed December 18, 2013 at 8:10 am by Bertandjoyce

Another Wednesday, another Dac. Lovely surfaces, good clueing, what more can you say? Well, actually there is something! We’re not happy about 17d – there seems to be a misplaced apostrophe! Across 1 … Read more >>

Inquisitor 1311: Transfer Window by Kruger

Thu December 19, 2013 at 8:39 amWed December 18, 2013 at 12:01 am by kenmac

Preamble: Mistakes made in the construction of the grid have resulted in some answers being too long for their allotted space and an equal number being too short. Fortunately, by transferring parts of … Read more >>

Independent 8,479 / Radian

Wed December 18, 2013 at 10:54 pmTue December 17, 2013 at 12:10 pm by RatkojaRiku

Radian has served up one of his characteristic themed puzzles for this week’s Tuesday slot. I found this a medium-difficulty Radian crossword, with fairly accessible gateway clues, but with enough intricate cross references … Read more >>

Financial Times 14,498 / Jason

Tue December 17, 2013 at 9:55 am by Gaufrid

Yes, it’s me again. That’s two days in a row you’ve had to put up with me! During a first quick pass through the clues this puzzle seemed to be rather tricky, with … Read more >>