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Dac puzzles are always a joy for a blogger. The clues are excellent and the wordplay is 99% crystal clear. This puzzle seemed to me to be perhaps on easier … Read more >>
This week’s Inquisitor has a new setter – Wickball. Welcome Sir [or Madam] The puzzle is entitled ‘The Long View’ with a preamble that stated "Every clue yields a redundant letter, either in … Read more >>
This was trickier than the usual Tuesday FT. So much so that I had to get help from a better solver than I, to complete it, which partly accounts for the slightly later blog. … Read more >>
The theme that Scorpion has used here worried me a bit at first because I felt my knowledge of these things generally was a bit thin, but it soon became clear that all … Read more >>
I cannot say I enjoyed this too much today and I am not grumpy. (Why do some people say I am grumpy whenever I point out something I do not like very much?) … Read more >>
Enjoyable and not too difficult. Favourite clues were 18a, 21a and 11d. Across 1 GREAT APE =”Animal” EAT=”to have a meal” inside GRAPE=”fruit” 5 YAMMER =”Complain consistently” Y=”Yankee” in the phonetic alphabet + … Read more >>
After his offering on the day of the royal wedding in 2011, some folk had Morph inked in for a Thatcher tribute puzzle last Wednesday; but the editor seems to have resisted that … Read more >>
The crossword may be found at http://www.guardian.co.uk/crosswords/quiptic/701.
A nice challenge from Nitsy, which took me a couple of sittings to finish. No queries with any of the answers though which is always a good sign. And special plaudits for the … Read more >>
A puzzle in the usual Everyman style. One or two weakish clues today, though, I thought. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = anagram indicator … Read more >>
A single unresolved wordplay and what appears to be a mistake by our friend Azed. Difficulty about mid-range for Azed — not terribly easy but nonetheless solvable by mere mortals such as myself. See … Read more >>
There are two mini=themes in this puzzle, brought together at 20,21. One is the Shakespearean quotation, and the other is the centenary of the crossword. I solved this one on the plane to … Read more >>
Here we are with Monk again and a very nice crossword that was fun to solve with the answers falling reasonably regularly, though I slowed to a halt at the last couple. But … Read more >>
OK – I know when I’m beaten – I surrender! I’ll come out quietly with my hands up. A seemingly simple preamble, a reasonably quick grid fill, and then two-plus weeks staring at … Read more >>
What a treat to end a good week of crosswords! – a welcome return for Arachne, up to her usual witty wiles. The first two across clues were real ‘Won’t you come into … Read more >>