Guardian 26,095 / Philistine

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A satisfying prize puzzle from Philistine, with a nice theme that I won’t reveal until the next paragraph … The theme was “palaces” – the rubric read: Five 12s are not further defined … Read more >>

Guardian 26,100 / Brendan

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I’m wondering if this was intended to be one of those Brendan puzzles we occasionally get on a Monday. It was certainly one of the most straightforward of his that I’ve done – … Read more >>

Financial Times 14,465 by Magwitch

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Straightforward and enjoyable         Across 1 WITHDRAWAL leaving WITH (as a result) D (daughter) RAW (rough) AL (boy) 7 PIPE means of conveying PIP (signal) E (electronic) 9 SPAM junk … Read more >>

Independent 8446 / Phi

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It’s Phiday again! We always look forward to blogging Phi’s Friday offerings, but unfortunately we didn’t enjoy this one as much as we had hoped. We can’t quite put a finger on the … Read more >>

Guardian 26,099 by Paul

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Relatively easy, but beautifully clued from Paul. I particularly liked 1ac, 11ac, 21ac, 27ac and 15dn. Across 1 Delivery man at the door (7) BOUNCER =”Delivery” in cricket; =”man at the door” 5 … Read more >>

Financial Times 14,455 – Crux

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Monday Prize Crossword/Oct 28 Enjoyable crossword from Crux who gives us a great range of surfaces, from semi-nudity and ‘topless’ (twice) to nursery rhymes (also twice). Crux seems to have developed a love … Read more >>

Financial Times 14,463 by Cinephile

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Another Wednesday treat for me to blog – witty, informative and good fun.  Thank you Cinephile. S has the meaning SWEET throughout the puzzle.  It took me a while to catch on (via … Read more >>

Guardian 26,098 – Qaos

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Rather a strange mixture from Qaos today – some very obvious clues (e.g. 1a), but also some more complex constructions (e.g. 18a). There are a couple of places where I think the cryptic … Read more >>