Guardian 25,945 / Araucaria (12/5/13)
Apologies for the late appearance of this post. The scheduled blogger has been unable to post and I have been struggling to remember what I did a week ago. The special instructions said … Read more >>
Independent Crossword 8291 by Raich (Saturday prize puzzle 11-05-2013)
Well my most recent blog of the Independent was on Grand National day – now it’s cup final day – Maybe a cup final theme today? Unlike my previous blog, my suspicions proved to be … Read more >>
Enigmatic Variations No. 1068: Bargain by Nutmeg
Some sad news to report first – which I don’t think has been mentioned on this site yet – is that the preamble to EV1069, published on Sun 5 May informs us that James Leonard, … Read more >>
Guardian 25,950 / Arachne
What a lovely end to the week – Arachne on top form – and aren’t I lucky to get two excellent puzzles to blog in one week? It’s all here – great story-telling … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,315 by Wanderer
Witty & ingenious Across 1,5 STEWART GRANGER actor (TARTS GREW)* ANGER (rage) 9 AILED was suffering DELIA< 10 CHINATOWN cultured part of city CHIN (feature) A (article) (WONT)* 11 … Read more >>
Beelzebub 1210
Ingenious and deftly crafted Across 1 Birth defect – mostly with sameness, I fancy SIAMESE TWINS (MOSTLY SAMENESS I)* 10 Emperor finally clothed in new, brilliant, shiny stuff NACRE … Read more >>
Independent 8,296 / Phi
It is Friday today, so seeing Phi’s latest grid before me this morning came as no surprise. There was obviously a theme to this puzzle, given the abundance of references to 28, which … Read more >>
Financial Times no.14,314 by Alberich
An outstanding puzzle today from Alberich, by turns fiendish, witty, inventive and fun. The glut of highbrow allusions – Gerontius? Idomeneo? Borodin? – did make me blanch at first, but once I made … Read more >>
Guardian 25,949 – Araucaria
I made a slow start on this, but after thinking for a while I was going to get nowhere with it, it gradually began to yield. My breakthrough was to be led to … Read more >>
Independent 8295 / Anax
This was the kind of puzzle I really enjoy. Many of the clues involved the intricate wordplay comprising a number of components that I find most satisfying to solve. … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,305 – Armonie
Monday Prize Crossword/May 6 Armonie may not be the hardest of setters, his clues however are consistently concise and elegant. Nice and gentle crossword. Definitions are underlined wherever possible and/or appropriate. Across 1 … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,304 by Mudd
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of May 4, 2013 I found this puzzle both easy and excellent. There are plenty of good clues but my favourite is 30A (ARGYLE). And there is … Read more >>
Display Problems
A week ago I installed a WordPress plug-in to cache the site’s content. This was because the large number of unwanted bots that regularly crawl the site were causing problems by generating excessive … Read more >>
Independent 8294/Dac
The usual very nice crossword from Dac, although this one contained some words that I found a bit tricky, and two of the answers, although confirmed online, are not clear to me. Across … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,313 by Aardvark
Four crosswords for the price of one. This puzzle is composed of four corners that intersect by only one letter in the centre of the grid. I’m fine with this myself but can imagine that some will … Read more >>