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Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of August 6 I think I deemed Mudd’s last prize puzzle a bit drab. This one strikes me as much better, a fine job indeed. My top … Read more >>
Yet another great crossword from Gozo, and I’m lucky enough to get to write the blog again. It wasn’t easy, but well worth the effort to complete. The recent guest on the Desert … Read more >>
Lovely stuff as always from Dac, with the full range of clue types on show and elegant surfaces. It’s rare to have any problems with Dac, but I needed some help from the … Read more >>
The preamble seemed quite complex on the first read through. It stated “possible associations (not themselves in the grid) of eight unclued entries must be correctly paired. Each pair is then completed by … Read more >>
A welcome return for The Don. There’s nothing too difficult here, except that 20dn was a new word for me (though easily guessable), and the phrase at 10dn may be unfamiliar to some, … Read more >>
There was a time when Monk’s crosswords were the ones I anticipated most eagerly of all. Which suggests that I am lukewarm about this one: not the case; it was easier than his … Read more >>
An enjoyable, not too taxing puzzle and some nice surfaces. Thanks Armonie. Definitions are underlined in the clues. P.S. Two of the picture sets have a hidden connection within each respective set, which … Read more >>
What a beautiful morning. The last time I blogged a Puck, it was such a pleasure as his puzzle was “inspired” by a term I coined, Puck the Magic Dragon. This time round, … Read more >>
This is a pseudonym I do not recall seeing in the Indy before. It’s an anagram of Arachne so I guess it’s not beyond the bounds of possibility that it has some connection … Read more >>
A gentle outing, even by the standards of Rufus, despite a couple of definitions that were new to me.
Several of the clues required some thought to work out the wordplay; in all this Quiptic took me longer to solve than today’s Rufus.
Who would have thought in 1986 that the pudgy little chap with the fearsome wit could take on the responsibilities of the sarcastic classes and make it his own. In a way it … Read more >>
Never a week goes by without this setter coming up with some extraordinary stuff – like 1ac ACROSS 1 Kitchen wizard, say, to try something hard SPELL BAKER tichy 10 … Read more >>
Wow! Hypnos three weeks in a row. Let’s hope the IOS does not follow a four-setters cycle since the four bloggers do … then we will end up blogging the same setter. Nothing … Read more >>
I found this a little harder than usual for an Azed, although on reflection it is just the unfamiliarity of many of the words that creates the difficulty. As always, there are no … Read more >>