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Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of September 28, 2013 This puzzle has a few clues that I found challenging: 7D (TUTTI), 9A (PRUNE) and 24A (OARSMEN). My top clues are 1D (HOPELESS), … Read more >>
Tom Johnson (aka Gozo, Busman et al) has asked me to post the following announcement: The editorial team at Prospect magazine is inviting its readers, crossword solvers and setters to its offices to … Read more >>
I found this a very tricky puzzle, one answer I still can’t fathom. Thanks Monk for keeping the grey cells active. Across 1 TRAPPIST Brother’s reportedly drunk on gin (8) PIST sounds like … Read more >>
Many thanks to Gaufrid for covering for me last week, Paul presents a bit of a “marmite” puzzle I expect. Football haters will not be impressed by all the football grounds spread around … Read more >>
Dac continues to produce crosswords that give a good deal of pleasure and satisfaction to solvers. There are rarely any gimmicks, Ninas or tricks. Having said that, I spent a … Read more >>
The preamble told us that ‘the author associated with a well-known character appears in the initial grid, depicting a gravestone. Where an answer contains any of three thematic letters, the wordplay in the … Read more >>
There seems to have been something of a mix-up because this puzzle was apparently on the website yesterday, so I was unsure what was going to be there today. Was I going to … Read more >>
This was tricky in some places, I found, specifically the NW corner. There were some unfamiliar (to me) synonyms, and familiar indicators not used as such, to misdirect. Thanks to Armonie. Definitions are underlined in … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26073.
Another fine Monday puzzle from Quixote in the usual style, although he does seem to have been rummaging about in his unusual words drawer this morning. There’s one I’m not entirely sure about. … Read more >>
It’s Monday so Rufus is back with his customary plethora of double and cryptic definitions. Not my cup of tea but the person who was scheduled to provide holiday cover today ended up … Read more >>
This enjoyable crossword from Nutmeg provides a tour through most of the tricks a setter uses. I thought it on the tough side for a Quiptic, but fair, since it didn’t use obscure … Read more >>
Once again this was very enjoyable stuff from Kairos, who seems to be becoming a bit of a Sunday regular. Some very tight clueing here with one or two laughs along the way … Read more >>
I found this somewhat harder than usual fare. Maybe I was distracted but it took more than a couple of hours to crack. Across 1 APPL(ERING)IE[d] – yes, a type of wormwood I … Read more >>
This Genius puzzle by Puck had a fairly short preamble, as follows: Eight solutions, lacking further definition, are of a kind (one of them disputedly) Their type can be confirmed by finding the … Read more >>