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Independent 7,592 / Nimrod

Tue February 15, 2011 at 9:00 am by RatkojaRiku

I felt rather out of my depth with Nimrod’s offering this morning. I can only marvel at the hard work and ingenuity that has gone into setting this puzzle and bemoan my own … Read more >>

Guardian 25246 Quantum – Breezy Walk in the Park

Tue February 15, 2011 at 8:45 amTue February 15, 2011 at 1:48 am by Uncle Yap

Quite a breezy walk in the park from Quantum. Nothing very challenging. ACROSS 1 PRESUMPTIVE *(US REP MET VIP) 9 NORMANS NORM (standard) ANS (answer) 10 RISOTTO *(STIR TOO) 11 UNORDERED dd 12 … Read more >>

Independent 7591 by Radian

Tue February 15, 2011 at 9:42 amMon February 14, 2011 at 1:19 pm by nmsindy

Excellent puzzle full of references appropriate to the day from Radian, which I found ranged from very easy to quite tricky. Solving times, 27 mins, with the top half much harder than the … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic 587 / Arachne

Mon February 14, 2011 at 10:16 am by Gaufrid

I cannot comment as to how this puzzle compares with other Quiptics with regard to degree of difficulty because I haven’t solved one since my original blog, published when we first started covering … Read more >>

Guardian 25,245 / Brendan

Mon February 14, 2011 at 9:23 am by Eileen

A delightfully entertaining puzzle from Brendan, with an added diversion at the end, to find the thirteen themed answers referred to in 9ac. I thoroughly enjoyed both the solve, which was not too … Read more >>

Cyclops 436: Smutty innuendo…

Mon February 14, 2011 at 3:16 pmSun February 13, 2011 at 11:59 pm by jetdoc

… and all the better for it! The usual fun from Cyclops — a relatively quick solve, with nothing too tricky. Across 1 EMBRACES Hugs as Ed Miliband starts getting supporters EM = … Read more >>

Beelzebub 1094

Sun February 13, 2011 at 8:00 am by Jed

Following the lead of some of the others who blog prize crosswords I’ve included the clues. Would welcome feedback to see if it was worth the effort. < reverse ( )* … Read more >>

Independent On Sunday 1095 by Quixote

Fri February 18, 2011 at 8:33 pmSun February 13, 2011 at 12:05 am by flashling

A fairly easy solve for me, after the previous day’s debacle with Nimrod for which I was quite glad. 12 ac was a new word on me but the anagram and crossing letters led … Read more >>

Azed 2019/a tale of two halves

Sun February 13, 2011 at 1:22 pmSun February 13, 2011 at 12:01 am by ilancaron

Appropriately enough, very much a tale of two halves for me. But in my case the top and the bottom: 1A came quickly enough and thus the top half. I stared at the … Read more >>

Everyman crossword No 3,358

Sun February 13, 2011 at 12:01 am by Stella

First of all, thanks to the Drurys and the Trafites for their 225 programmes, which make blogging so much neater and more elegent for an IT ignoramus like me. It took me a … Read more >>

Independent 7,584 by Nimrod (Saturday Prize Puzzle, 05/02/11)

Sat February 26, 2011 at 1:39 pmSat February 12, 2011 at 1:20 pm by Simon Harding

I regularly used to struggle with Nimrod puzzles when I was blogging the daily Independent puzzles, and it’s nice to see that some things don’t change. In fact, once again I was saved … Read more >>

Enigmatic Variations No.952 – Time To Wrap Up by Syd Lexis

Sun February 13, 2011 at 11:24 amSat February 12, 2011 at 12:31 am by Mister Sting

Not too tricky this week and a nice note for what was hopefully the last bit of winter. An awful lot of Scots, too (though, as per usual, nothing that any real Scottish … Read more >>

Guardian Prize 25,238 / Brummie

Sat February 12, 2011 at 2:17 pmSat February 12, 2011 at 12:10 am by Eileen

I think I’ve said before that I’m always a little apprehensive when I see Brummie’s name on a puzzle that I’m about to solve, let alone blog. However, it fairly quickly all came … Read more >>

Independent 7589/Phi

Fri February 11, 2011 at 11:17 am by John

As always with Phi, a good crossword with no apparent weaknesses, all the clues utterly sound and satisfactory. No particular clue stood out for me, but that is often the case with Phi: … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,615 / Flimsy

Fri February 11, 2011 at 10:55 amFri February 11, 2011 at 9:10 am by Gaufrid

Shuchi is away again this week but we should have the pleasure of her company next Friday. In the meantime you will have to put up with me. When Flimsy first appeared in … Read more >>