The crossword may be found at http://www.guardian.co.uk/crosswords/cryptic/25908.
Independent 8,253 / Eimi
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 >>
Guardian 25,907 / Paul
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 >>
Financial Times no.14,273 by Gozo
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 >>
Financial Times 14,264 – Dante
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 >>
Financial Times 14,263 by Cincinnus
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 >>
Financial Times 14,272 by Cinephile
An super eclectic mix from Cinephile, really enjoyable. There is one clue that I cannot explain, any help appreciated. I love the breadth of general knowledge required to solve Cinephile puzzles such as … Read more >>
Independent 8252 / Crosophile
Most Independent bloggers cycle through Friday, Thursday, Wednesday and Tuesday. Crosophile seems to be on a monthly cycle on the last Wednesday of the month. So if there are 4 weeks in the … Read more >>
Guardian 25,906 – Orlando
Mostly following the easy trend of the week so far, though a couple of place names may be unfamiliar to some, but as always with Orlando a quality puzzle with immaculate clueing and … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1273: Manoeuvres by Nutmeg
Nutmeg is a fairly regular contributor to the Inquisitor series and always makes the solver think For this puzzle we had a fairly short preamble: "Nine answers must be adapted before entry in … Read more >>
Independent 8251/Raich
A pleasant solve from Raich. As always one or two of the clues were very simple, which is no bad thing, but a few were a little tricky. I think I have it all explained but … Read more >>
Financial Times 14271 Armonie
An enjoyable puzzle from Armonie, with some nice surfaces. Thanks to Armonie. Definitions are underlined in the clues. [[The pictures at the bottom have unidentified links to the puzzle.]] Across 1 One ran … Read more >>
Guardian 25,905 – Chifonie
I do hope new solvers will not get discouraged when a puzzle is described as “easy” which is a relative term. When I first started out doing cryptic crosswords as a student in … Read more >>
Guardian 25,904 / Rufus
The scheduled blogger appears to have been unable to post today so here is a parsing of the clues. I cannot comment on the puzzle as I didn’t solve it but merely analysed … Read more >>
Independent 8250 by Donk
A rather rude awakening here from Donk in places, I found this rather tricky and can’t explain 17ac. Seems ages since I last wrote a blog here, with Uncle Yap kindly taking over … Read more >>