Independent 8376 by eXternal
Back after a week away for a firework competition in Plymouth, this is a personal milestone of my 100th blog. Not eXternal at his hardest I thought, but need a little help on … Read more >>
Private Eye / Cyclops 501 – Oh Dearie Me
More Cryptic Defs (CDs) in the clues than usual this time. Across 1 THROWS UP Worth getting pissed on drink? Proves otherwise, maybe (6,2) WORTH* AInd: getting pissed, SUP drink. Def. is semi-&Lit. … Read more >>
Beelzebub 1,223
A reasonably smooth solve this week, perhaps due to some relatively uncomplicated wordplay in parts, and generally more accessible vocabulary than some weeks. Still there were a few to check in Chambers, and … Read more >>
Everyman No. 3488 (11th August)
Lorraine: Good morning to you all. Yet another wonderful Sunday morning solve, the only problem is that I did not get to solve it until Wednesday morning due to work 🙁 I counted 6 … Read more >>
Azed 2149
I’ve bitten the bullet and have provided the clues. It had always seemed to me to be unnecessary since anyone who has done the crossword must know what the clues are, but everyone … Read more >>
Independent on Sunday 1225 Poins
A bit more difficult than the usual Sunday offering, I thought. Enjoyed solving it. Thanks to Poins. Definitions are underlined in the clues. [[The pictures at the bottom have unidentified links to the … Read more >>
Independent Saturday Prize Puzzle 8369 10/08/13 / Monk
We were expecting a tricky solve for the Prize Puzzle when we saw that it was Monk. We’ve been blogging for well over a year now but this is only the second Monk … Read more >>
Guardian 26,023 / Orlando
It’s always a pleasure to solve (and blog about) Orlando’s puzzles, and this one was true to form. We found it on the easy side for a prize puzzle, but lots of fun … Read more >>
Enigmatic Variations 1081: Welcome! by Samuel
This week we had the first solo puzzle from Samuel since he took over the EV editorship. (In case you didn’t know, he made up one third of Samphiry, responsible for EV 1079 … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,393 by Bradman
Tricky fare from The Don – 18a and 23d took some unravelling Across 1 IMPACTED made impression IMP (troublemaker) ACTED (took initiative) 6 SCORCH superficial damage ORC (monster) in … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 26028 Philistine
This was an interesting puzzle, with some tricky devices. Thanks to Philistine. The setter being who it was, I was on the lookout for a theme. I think I’ve found it, but am … Read more >>
Independent 8374 / Phi
We sat for quite some while before we managed to solve the first clue, which happened to be 8d. We were becoming increasingly worried that we were never going to be able to … Read more >>
Financial Times no.14,392 by Orense
A welcome return for our friend Orense, who always does a sound job on a Thursday. Having said that, however, the structure of this morning’s puzzle (with its 4 x 15-letter word perimeter), … Read more >>
Independent 8,373 / Morph
It was only a month ago that I had the pleasure of blogging a puzzle by Morph, so I was not expecting to get to blog another for quite some time. I found … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic N° 26,027 by Paul
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26027. The humour of this one is to be found plentifully, mainly in its surfaces. Across 1. Might a mouse stew do it as a dish of … Read more >>