Independent 8,067 / Dac
Dac is appearing today in his regular Wednesday slot, although it has not fallen to me to blog one of his puzzles for quite a while. As is customary for me when solving … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1242: PRIZEWINNER by Schadenfreude
Two Schadenfreudes in a row for Hihoba to blog. Another mercifully brief preamble told us that there was a letter to be removed from each clue, always leaving a word but not necessarily … Read more >>
Independent 8066 / Samuel
I have blogged Samuel puzzles in the Saturday Independent Magazine Inquisitor series, but I don’t remember even seeing, let alone blogging a Samuel in the Independent daily series. This was … Read more >>
Placeholder Financial Times 14088
I’m afraid the puzzle hasn’t been posted on the FT site, and therefore I’ll only be able to blog it later than usual, perhaps even tomorrow, if it doesn’t appear today. It would … Read more >>
Guardian 25,720 – Chifonie
Quite an easy and straight-forward set of clues. Place cursor over clue number to read the clue Across 1 DESPATCH DES (some in French) PATCH (piece) 5 BALSAM BALSA (wood) … Read more >>
Guardian Quiptic 666 / Pan
This was a considerable improvement on the last Quiptic by Pan that I reviewed, but I was a tad disappointed that the puzzle number failed to lead to Revelations about The Beast! Most … Read more >>
Guardian 25,719 – Rufus
Apologies for a blog that is both late and rather brief – I’ve been distracted by urgent work-related matters. Anyway, this is Rufus in his usual style, with lots of double and cryptic … Read more >>
Independent 8065 by Quixote
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, CD=cryptic def, DD=double def, sp=spoonerism I thought this was a slightly harder Quixote with a stronger than normal use of proper nouns, not all of them very topical (e.g. … Read more >>
Beelzebub 1,171
This generally went quite smoothly, though I did have to check 29ac and 8dn before being confident enough to write them in. A careless slip at 30ac made 27dn unsolvable until my mistake … Read more >>
Everyman No. 3436 (12th August)
Lorraine: Good morning all, Nice easy stroll this week with nothing too taxing. Favourites this week, 3dn 27ac. Big thank you to Everyman. Across 1. Food I fed to soldiers, a Chinese dish (4,4) … Read more >>
Cyclops 475: Pressing the flesh
With many apologies for lateness. Events conspired against me when it came to finding time to write this blog, though the puzzle itself was a relatively straightforward solve. I do hope you will … Read more >>
Azed 2097 / Terse Verse – 12 August 2012
The preamble stated: "Each couplet contains both a definition (one or more words) and a mixture of the letters (beginning at the beginning or ending at the end of a word in the … Read more >>
Independent on Sunday 1173 Nitsy
My first blog of a Nitsy. Enjoyable experience, thanks Nitsy. Definitions are underlined in the clues. [[Each picture at the bottom of the blog has an unidentified link to the puzzle.]] Across 1 … Read more >>
Independent 8,058 by Tyrus (Saturday Prize Puzzle, 11/08/12)
Having agreed to swap blogging slots, one often wonders what one has let oneself in for, and I must admit there was an “oh crikey” moment when I discovered I’d drawn Tyrus again. … Read more >>
Enigmatic Variations 1030 Swimming Aid by Rustic
So a short preamble – all entries are affected by A SWIMMING AID, leaving non-words predominantly. I should add that the clue lengths refer to the grid entry. Well 13ac was an exception, … Read more >>