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An enjoyable and mainly straightforward crossword – just a little delayed by 24down – got the answer from the wordplay, but had to search for confirmation of the (obsolete) synonym for the … Read more >>
A typically playful and witty Puck puzzle, with lots of ingenious wordplay and misdirection, together with great surfaces. Many thanks to Puck for a most enjoyable puzzle. [Looking at the top row and … Read more >>
You can never be sure who’ll have set the Tuesday puzzle, but a theme of some description is almost guaranteed. Radian does not disappoint us today. For an ophidiophobe like myself, this puzzle … Read more >>
This was an enjoyable, though perhaps on the easy side, Quiptic. Thanks to Pan. Definitions are underlined in the clues. [[The pictures at the bottom have unidentified links to the puzzle. Please … Read more >>
Another sound and accessible Monday puzzle from Quixote. A good mixture of clue types, with everything clearly indicated, even for the less common words. I know that the Monday Indy puzzle is popular … Read more >>
Rufus with a typical mix of double and cryptic definitions. I liked 10ac and 6dn in particular. Across 7 Army command to be rigidly obeyed (9) ATTENTION Cryptic def – a command to … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3501.
An enjoyable and largely accessible IoS puzzle from Poins. His cluing style can border on the intricate, but there’s nothing wrong with that as long as everything is clearly signposted, as it is … Read more >>
Not sure how hard this actually was since I solved it over several days in between various meetings. Found TBRB quite useful — understatement of the year. Across 1 GOSS,I,B – a … Read more >>
An EV from Jaguar, a second for me to blog – 3 different groups of seven to wade through. 7 unclued of a theme, 7 clues with misprints which can spell out theme … Read more >>
Enigmatist: a name to strike fear, I think, into many a Guardian solver’s heart – and not least that of the one down to blog the day’s puzzle, especially if it’s a Prize. … Read more >>
It has been a while since I blogged a Bannsider and though I have a notoriously bad memory, he still engenders a sense of trepidation… … and then he went and gave me … Read more >>
Brilliant puzzle today with 8, 21 so cleverly misleading Across 1 BARGAINING CHIP trading asset BAR (counter) GAINING (winning) CHIP (counter) 10 NICHE corner H (hotel) in NICE … Read more >>
As we always get on Fridays, a nicely done crossword from Phi that is of the usual level of difficulty, contains some good clues, and doesn’t so far as I can see have any … Read more >>
Devilishly cunning Across 1 Crotchet (C in piano) affected note for tuning CONCERT PITCH (CROTCHET C IN P)* 9 Good pull partially retracted hairstyle UPDO – hidden backwards in … Read more >>