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Financial Times 13,664 by Cinephile

Wed April 20, 2011 at 10:11 amWed April 20, 2011 at 3:18 am by Pete Maclean

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of April 9 I was down on Cinephile’s last puzzle in this slot but he makes up for it with this one. I have a beef about … Read more >>

Independent 7647/Dac

Wed April 20, 2011 at 1:37 am by John

As elegant an offering from Dac as I can remember. The surfaces are uniformly excellent and all make good sense, and there is nothing at all that I can see as being remotely … Read more >>

Inquisitor 1172: Inventor/Invention by Loda

Wed April 20, 2011 at 1:23 am by HolyGhost

Back from a week’s walking north of Alnwick, and after the ‘moorland treks’ provided by the previous two puzzles, this one was more of ‘a stroll on the beach’. Across clues have a … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,665 / Crux

Wed April 20, 2011 at 12:15 am by Agentzero

FT Prize Puzzle from Monday April 11 This blog is appearing one day earlier than usual, since the puzzle indicated that solutions were due by Tuesday (rather than the usual Wednesday), April 19. … Read more >>

Financial Times 13672 Loroso

Wed April 20, 2011 at 2:14 amTue April 19, 2011 at 2:19 pm by scchua

This has been gruelling! It took me the better part of the day to finish, the last 2 being 25 and 23. Looking back I think the difficulty was contributed by the lower … Read more >>

Guardian 25,300 / Boatman

Tue April 19, 2011 at 11:07 amTue April 19, 2011 at 10:23 am by Gaufrid

Uncle Yap is away so I have the pleasure of covering today’s excellent puzzle. An appropriate theme for the week before Easter, including as it does the ‘cross’, with several clues also being … Read more >>

Independent 7646 by Radian

Tue April 19, 2011 at 7:40 am by flashling

Tuesday and a sterling effort from Radian, I was a bit nervous after struggling with one or two of his in the past. . When I say sterling, I meant Sterling; Latin isn’t … Read more >>

Independent 7645/Quixote

Mon April 18, 2011 at 9:41 am by Pierre

My first foray into blogging a daily cryptic, so a slightly (actually, very) scary moment. But Quixote’s clear cluing got me over the line eventually, with only a couple of the final solutions … Read more >>

Quiptic 596/Hectence

Mon April 18, 2011 at 12:30 pmMon April 18, 2011 at 9:37 am by Pierre

A well-clued and straightforward puzzle from Hectence today, with only a couple of clues falling into the more difficult category. dd double definition cd cryptic definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = anagram indicator Across … Read more >>

Guardian 25,299 / Rufus

Mon April 18, 2011 at 9:08 am by mhl

I found this trickier than usual for Rufus, but with lots of nice clues – I particularly liked 14a, 4d and 5d. I suspect I’m missing something in 22a… Across 7. OUT OF … Read more >>

Beelzebub 1,103 (10/04/11)

Sun April 17, 2011 at 3:14 pm by Simon Harding

Of the last two weeks’ Beelzebub puzzles, I think I got lucky, having struggled to get anywhere with 1,102, and having raced through this one unaided. *=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double … Read more >>

Independent on Sunday 1,104 by Hypnos

Sun April 17, 2011 at 10:30 am by Simon Harding

My first non-Quixote Independent on Sunday blog, and this week it’s Hypnos. This – perhaps appropriately – seemed a shade easier than I recall previous Hypnos puzzles being. I had to rely on … Read more >>

AZED No. 2,028 Plain

Sun April 17, 2011 at 6:45 am by The Trafites

Nick: Nice AZED this week, which I rate 7/10 on the ‘AZED hardness’ scale. Some novel cluing going on, e.g. 12ac and 23dn. My last in was 20ac, which took me a while to … Read more >>

Everyman No. 3367 (10th April)

Sun April 17, 2011 at 6:30 am by The Trafites

Lorraine Morning peeps, I must say I thoroughly enjoyed this puzzle, up and running the moment I looked at it. A couple of hard anagrams, 16ac and 7dn – but a very strange … Read more >>

Independent 7638 Morph (Sat 9-Apr-2011)

Wed April 27, 2011 at 10:29 amSat April 16, 2011 at 12:15 am by beermagnet

I’m not sure but I think this is his first grid in the Saturday Prize slot. I certainly found it tougher than usual for a Morph, (only 4 answers entered on first pass … Read more >>