Puzzles 1315 – 1366
Inquisitor 1313: Leading Light by Nudd
There was quite a long preamble to this seasonal offering from Nudd. The preamble stated " Along with a riddle-like motto reading HI HI HI – IN BAD TRAFFIC I FLY, my Christmas … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,503 – Dante (Carte Rosee)
Monday Prize Crossword/Dec 23 A Carte Rosée from Dante, meaning an empty grid with only blanks. Finding the position of the black squares wasn’t as bad as it initially seemed to be, though. Last … Read more >>
Araucaria’s memorial service
The memorial service for Araucaria will be held at Somersham church this Saturday, 4 January, at 2:30 pm. Some people are planning to assemble for lunch first in the nearby Rose & Crown … Read more >>
Guardian 26,145 / Brummie
A fairly gentle introduction to the New Year from Brummie, with a number of straightforward clues – several of them easy charades – to get / keep you going and a few smiles … Read more >>
Independent 8491 / Dac
As New Year’s Day is a Wednesday this year, it is not surprising that Dac starts us off on the 2014 Independent cruciverbal journey. Normally, Dac serves up a good … Read more >>
Guardian 26,144 by Shed
A lovely puzzle to end the year on. Lots of great clues, particular favourites were 1d, 22a and 23a. Across 4 Move aimlessly and pick up something useful (6) GADGET =”something useful”. GAD=”Move … Read more >>
Independent 8,490 by Hob
Yesterday in a private email someone told me that this might be up my street. I still don’t know what he meant, for this is a pleasant crossword from Hob which runs close … Read more >>
Financial Times 14508 Aardvark
This is my last 15sq. blog for 2013, so a Happy New Year to one and all, and have a great festive time tonight. This last 2013 FT offering was a bit difficult to … Read more >>
Review of Independent puzzles 2013
As in previous years, I’m giving my solving times for the Indy crossword for 2013 showing the average for each setter. Also info is given on solving times for each day of the … Read more >>
Financial Times Christmas Crossword / Gozo
The Christmas Jumbo from Gozo in which we were told “The 52 clues lead to pairs of solutions beginning with all 26 letters of the alphabet, as indicated. Within each pair of clues, … Read more >>
Inquisitor Review 2012-13 by Nimrod
It was another fantastic year of Inquisitors in this crossword centenary year, for which, on behalf of the solving team, I’d like to thank the ever-ingenious compilers; also to say how much we’ve … Read more >>
Photos from the Crossword Centenary party
I have uploaded photos of the event here: Crossword Centenary party With thanks to Conrad Taylor, who was in charge of the camera for most of the afternoon. Other people who tooks photos, … Read more >>
Independent 8489/Quixote
I’ve had an exciting morning so far … Don’t know if others have had the same difficulty, but the Indy crossword didn’t want to come out to play on Crossword Solver this morning. … Read more >>
Guardian Quiptic 737 – Moley
Parts of this were certainly very easy but on the whole I thought it was rather hard for a Quiptic – partly because some clues were a bit woolly. Across 1 Tell cockney … Read more >>