Independent on Sunday 1190/Poins
Congratulations to whoever won the prize for this offering from Poins. I thought this was one of the toughest IoS puzzles we’ve had in a while. That could just be me having a … Read more >>
Azed 2114/regression
I solved this early in the week… but forgot to write up my notes until early this morning. So I’m regressing to the mean: after a reasonably long spell of decoding all of … Read more >>
Independent 8160 / Bannsider (Saturday Prize Puzzle 08/12/12)
Well – we really made a mess of this one! Joyce takes full responsibility as Bert was busy earning money!! We only have access to an ipad at present so we may not … Read more >>
Guardian Prize 25,814 / Paul
A quick skim through the clues made me think I might not enjoy this theme much, because I didn’t expect to know some of the answers. ‘North American food’ didn’t sound like my … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic N° 25,819 by Audreus
Apologies for the late posting, and the brevity – I am about to have minor surgery. Across 1. Very cold parrot starting a course of action (6) POLICY A charade of POL[ly] (‘parrot … Read more >>
Independent 8165 / Phi
My apologies. I quite forgot that it was my day to blog and there I was blithely listening to the test match and suddenly remembering at 10.30. Then, to make things worse, a … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,187 by Hamilton
Tricky – 23 across still not resolved Across 9 INSTRUMENTALIST one who plays IN at home STRU[t] swagger MENTALIST mind reader? 10 ALIGN co-ordinate sounds like A LINE (12 … Read more >>
Beelzebub 1188
Plenty to test your wits in here Across 1 Defender found round rear of park changed opinion BACKTRACKED BACK defender [par]K in TRACED found 12 Sick sailor aboard naval … Read more >>
Financial Times no.14,186 by Cinephile
I think this makes it two Cinephiles in three weeks for me – what a treat. I thought this was a delight and at the same time (and at risk of being hit … Read more >>
Guardian 25,818 – Paul
Yes, it’s me for the second time this week, standing in for scchua, who is away. It was a bit of a surprise to get Paul today after Araucaria yesterday, but a pleasant … Read more >>
Independent 8164 / Crosophile
A good Thursday work-out from Crosophile. We started quickly, completed almost half the grid and then came to a sudden halt! All of the clues were fair but some of the more devious … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,177 – Gaff
Monday Prize Crossword/Dec 3 When there’s something special going on in the World Of Whatever the FT has its very own cryptic reporter: Gaff. Unfortunately, the theme of Gaff’s puzzle was given away … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,176 by Cincinnus
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of December 1, 2012 I found this to be a moderately easy puzzle. My top clues are 14A (DJIBOUTI), 18A (ARES), 22A (FIRM) and the marvelous anagram … Read more >>
Guardian 25,817 / Araucaria
What looked for a while like a typically Araucarian mixture of obscurity and straightforwardness, with a few liberties thrown in, turned out to have more going on than I realised. Definitions are underlined. … Read more >>
Financial Times 14.185 by Aardvark
This puzzle was very late appearing on the FT website. If anyone is still awake then here is the blog… Enjoyable with a few inventive constructions that will appear either interesting or a little … Read more >>