Inquisitor 1270: 19/116 by Raich

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A very brief numerical title, which I couldn’t check until I completed the whole crossword. Extra letters in wordplay and four unclued entries had something in common. When we discovered what that was, … Read more >>

Financial Times 14253 Phssthpok

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I found this a tad harder than usual, with the explanations for the NE corner the last to yield.  Enjoyed the challenge though, so thanks to Phssthpok.  Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across … Read more >>

Guardian 25,887 – Crucible

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A most delightful puzzle based on a familiar theme. Most of us have been brought up with the fantastic stories of Gulliver’s Travels, an internationally well-known satire by Jonathan Swift, an Irish writer … Read more >>

Guardian 25,886 – Brendan

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I was thinking we were about due a non-Rufus Monday, and was delighted to see Brendan’s name on this puzzle. The usual light touch – mostly not too difficult, a couple of perhaps … Read more >>

Beelzebub 1,199

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A good and fairly tough puzzle this week. Plenty of insertions and less abbreviations than usual, I thought, which is not a complaint. *=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition. Across 1 … Read more >>

Azed 2125

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As always a thoroughly satisfactory crossword from Azed. Quite apart from the quality of the clues, I am always impressed with his grids. More often than not, it seems, he has answers straddling … Read more >>

Guardian 25,879 / Paul

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A very entertaining prize crossword from Paul, including a hilarious homonym (sort of :)) for a famous nonsense word. We actually met Paul (John Halpern) a couple of weeks ago at the London stop … Read more >>