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Some particularly fine smutty surface readings to the clues this week. The simple but effective 18A is my favourite. Across 1 POMPOM Member squeezed between balls during Cameron’s fancy ball? (6) MP (member) … Read more >>
A fairly tough challenge, I thought. There was plenty to confim in Chambers before blogging, but I think I’ve managed to explain everything this week. *=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition. … Read more >>
Just a bit harder than the other Hypnos puzzles I have blogged previously. Thanks Hypnos. A few references to the movies, but can’t see any theme though. Definitions are underlined in the clues. … Read more >>
Nick: Fairly straight forward puzzle this week. Across 1. An imposition, endless blinking lowly status for oldies (9) HUMBLESSE HUM+BLESSE(d) [blinking ref. euphemism for swear word] 11. Virus causing a leaf … Read more >>
Lorraine: Good morning to you all. Yet another fine puzzle from Everyman, Sundays just can’t come quick enough! Quite a few anagrams this week, I love trying to work anagrams out. No real favourites this week … Read more >>
We thought this was an enjoyable and not too challenging Prize Puzzle for a very snowy and cold weekend. The last few Scorpion puzzles that we blogged were themed. At first we couldn’t … Read more >>
For the second month running, I have a crossword that hasn’t got any extra/missing letters/words or misprints. Instead, just eleven words in the perimeter and central row to identify, and something to write … Read more >>
A fun start to an otherwise cold, bleak Saturday morning with snow falling and a near gale force wind blowing. I was fortunate that, as I often do, I tackled the clues in … Read more >>
We can hardly believe that another four weeks has gone by and it’s our turn to blog Phi again. It’s always enjoyable and today’s offering was no exception. We had a musical reference … Read more >>
The crossword may be found at http://www.guardian.co.uk/crosswords/cryptic/25908.
It is Thursday today, so you never quite know who you will be pitting your wits against as solver/blogger. Today it was my turn to do battle with Eimi. There was a distinctly … Read more >>
A very enjoyable puzzle from Paul, which caused a bit of head-scratching in the parsing department but I managed to get there in the end, apart from one clue that I’m not at … Read more >>
I was hoping for something easy and breezy to see me off on my Easter hols, so my heart sank when I saw that Gozo was treating us to a themed puzzle – … Read more >>
Monday Prize Crossword/Mar 18 A fairly typical Dante puzzle which can be found here. That said, not that many cryptic definitions this time. Much to my advantage. Definitions are underlined wherever possible and/or … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of March 16, 2013 This puzzle struck me as looser and harder than the typical Cincinnus. My top clues are 9A (OPERETTA), 12A (RATES), 2D (SPECTATOR) and … Read more >>