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Clear and concise clueing from Falcon today ACROSS 1 LABRADOR (L ABROAD)* R[ex] 6 SHABBY SH quiet (BABY)* 9 BEDLAM pandemonium BED plot LAM strike 10 SUITABLE fit SUIT cards … Read more >>
We were pleased to see that it was Phi again in his regular Friday slot. As usual, smooth surface readings and some tricky misdirections, especially in 8a and 25a. A really enjoyable puzzle … Read more >>
I found this an inventive and amusing challenge.
I’m writing this in a whole new postal district, surrounded by boxes of books that need unpacking… but the move obviously hasn’t helped my brainpower, as this engaging offering from Styx took me … Read more >>
A reasonably straightforward puzzle from Araucaria, with a trademark long answer to help things along and some nice constructions to boot. Very enjoyable, I thought. Across 1,5 ROBINSON CRUSOE: ROBINS [birds] + ON … Read more >>
My Thursday slot often presents me with a puzzle by Nestor and today was one such day. For me at least, this puzzle fell into place more easily than some earlier Nestor puzzles … Read more >>
Monday Prize Crossword/Apr 16 Quite a surprise to see a Falcon crossword on a Monday (instead of the expected Dante who, for once, took the Tuesday spot that week), but this neatly clued puzzle was … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of April 14, 2012 I sailed through this puzzle with ease. Well, except for 12A (MISSEL THRUSH) which was not a bird I knew of, although the … Read more >>
A pretty straightforward puzzle today, very enjoyable nonetheless. Thank you Cinephile. Hold the mouse pointer over any clue number to read the clue. Across 1 ALLIGATOR sounds like “alley gaitor” (passage and legwear) … Read more >>
This looks like a fairly standard crossword from Crosophile. The clues are not too difficult, the wordplay is not too complex and the vocabulary of the entries comprises words I would expect to … Read more >>
This puzzle had quite a long preamble, as follows: ‘Initially the filled grid will contain seven consecutive empty cells. One letter must be removed from the answers to 20 clues and the residue … Read more >>
Another rather horrible grid, with four semi-isolated quadrants. There were a couple of these last week, where the setters had helpfully split some answers around the quadrants. No such luck here, but instead … Read more >>
A quite excellent crossword from Anax. He seems to be a frequent contributor to the Independent (or perhaps it’s just that he always seems to get me) and although his crosswords are on the … Read more >>
A first pass got me worried, until I got a foothold in the SE corner, and things then went okay. Thanks Armonie for an enjoyable puzzle, perhaps a little harder than usual. Definitions … Read more >>
I really enjoyed myself this morning . This has got to be one of the best Paul puzzles … there is sex, there is religion, there is intrigue and there is royalty. Did … Read more >>