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An easier then usual Cinephile, but certainly no less enjoyable for that. CA in the clues stands for ‘castaway’ and I very much enjoyed reading on Wikipedia the stories of all the castaways and mutineers involved. In … Read more >>
I’m always pleased to see Brendan’s name on a puzzle, but somehow I found this one both harder and (perhaps as a result) a bit more of a slog than usual, though there … Read more >>
The Inquisitor index on this website tells me that this is Nudd’s first puzzle in the Inquitior series. I have, however, come across Nudd puzzles before, in The Magpie. The preamble stated "In nine … Read more >>
It seems to be ages since Eimi appeared, certainly ages since I blogged one of his crosswords. Everything was fairly easy today and it wasn’t the agonising Tuesday experience that I’d been fearing. … Read more >>
Neo’s puzzles can sometimes be quite fiendish, and the first runthrough of the across clues yielded nothing. Panic was about to set in, unitl I got a foothold after a couple of down … Read more >>
A pleasant stroll through the park … so pleasant that I missed the theme device which is a very clever and creative ruse. Very enjoyable puzzle. ACROSS 1 COCAINE CO (company, … Read more >>
A standard Rufus offering for a Monday morning. The only area that held me up for a short time was the South East corner. There was the usual mix of double/triple definitons, cryptic … Read more >>
A crossword with some wordplays surprisingly complex for a Quiptic, and, shall we say, some examples of questionable construction to educate the beginner. Across 1. Keep a gorilla initially captured from wild (6) … Read more >>
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, CD=cryptic def, DD=double def, sp=spoonerism A very pleasant puzzle themed around the birds and the bees. I got the theme relatively quickly, which meant I was able to make … Read more >>
This was one of the fastest solves of an Eye crossword for some time. Everything slotted in steadily from start to finish with none of the clues holding me up for any appreciable … Read more >>
As usual rich vocabulary and diverse clue styles… love the original word in 23d … grrrr ( )* = anagram { } = omitted < = reversed … Read more >>
A few hard-boiled eggs too many in this Sunday competition puzzle which I found to be more of a drag than a piece of entertainment. Some of the devices may not seem fair … Read more >>
This would have made for a pleasant Sunday afternoon, except that I finished it Saturday evening.
“Wrong Number” is one of the older types of “special”, dating back at least to Ximenes. These puzzles can be hard to get started on, because you have to solve a lot of … Read more >>
In this week’s puzzle, 16 clues needed to have a word in the definition unmixed after the removal of one letter, these removed letters giving a range of ingredients. I can’t believe this … Read more >>