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This is the second prize puzzle by Paul that has fallen to me to blog in succession, and there are no complaints from me, although I do have a couple of quibbles. This … Read more >>
A nice ‘straightforward’ puzzle here from Monk, with no obvious thematic links or complications, but some lovely surface readings, especially the two long across clues. I originally found myself wondering if this was ‘difficult’ enough … Read more >>
Straightforward puzzle today from Sleuth ACROSS 1 REMARK comment RE about MARK point for merit 4 ASTERISK sign A STE[p] part of stairs RISK hazard 10 CAVALCADE procession CAVA wine … Read more >>
I thought this puzzle was great fun – lots of smiles and ‘aha’ moments along the way. Many thanks, Puck, for a very enjoyable and entertaining end to a wet week. … Read more >>
This was at the speedier end of the Beelzebub spectrum ACROSS 1 Plenty more winds limiting man’s assessment of clouds NEPHELOMETRY HE man in (PLENTY MORE)* study of clouds … Read more >>
It’s Friday, so it’s a puzzle by Phi, as you might expect. I found this one tougher than the average Phi crossword overall, despite filling in 1A and 1D instantly and thinking it … Read more >>
Nothing hugely challenging. An overdose of charades and a few too many four-letter words for my taste, but some solid clueing and some marvellously misleading definitions. Thank-you, Jason. Nice way to start a … Read more >>
I learned a couple of new (botanical) words from today’s puzzle. Fortunately, the clues were reasonably easy and, as one would expect from Pasquale, admirably sound. The grid is not one of the … Read more >>
Tees has given us a puzzle, mainly populated with well known words, although the main theme did generate one slightly obscure phrase (to me, at least) that was fairly easily deducible from the … Read more >>
An enjoyable prize crossword, neatly clued. Thanks to Crux. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Basic floor design requires a ruler (8) PLANKING : PLAN(design,blueprint) plus(requires) KING(a ruler). Answer: A basic … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of April 7, 2012 This puzzle has a few typically impressive Cincinnus clues but also one whose workings elude me. My favourites are 24A (YEMEN), 27A (KINESIS), … Read more >>
A very enjoyable crossword, a lot easier to write the answers than to explain why they are are correct. Crosswords from Monk usually have some clever theme worked into the grid, hidden words, pangrams etc … Read more >>
As usual a thoroughly satisfactory crossword from Dac; indeed ‘satisfactory’ is to damn with faint praise. It is of course far more than satisfactory, and as always the surfaces are smooth and shiny. … Read more >>
As usual, the definition is underlined in each clue.
Augeas’s second Inquisitor puzzle, so an appropriate title? And forgive me if I’m brief – on a week’s break for Easter, just outside Hay-on-Wye. Four items have something in common, three of … Read more >>