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Independent 7699/Klingsor

Mon June 20, 2011 at 10:43 amMon June 20, 2011 at 9:20 am by Pierre

Bonjour! And there’s a bit of that going on today, as you’ll discover if you read on … My first Klingsor blog, of a puzzle I found difficult, but satisfying. One that was … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic Nº 605 by Arachne

Mon June 20, 2011 at 12:47 pmMon June 20, 2011 at 4:00 am by PeterO

Another Arachne quiptic for me to blog, which suits me very well; her clues are elegant and smoothly surfaced. There are a few general knowledge references which may not be so general, but … Read more >>

Private Eye/Cyclops 445 – Disgraced leaders

Mon June 20, 2011 at 12:15 am by beermagnet

I found I had only 8 to go after the first pass so I suppose this was easier than usual. That’s enough blather – let’s have a look at the detail: How do … Read more >>

Azed 2037/missing blog

Wed June 22, 2011 at 11:42 amSun June 19, 2011 at 6:05 pm by ilancaron

No longer under construction… but nonetheless a bit unfinished. Gaufrid had to remind on Sunday evening that I was a bit late with the blog — so I scrounged around for the BRB to spend an hour or so of quality time with it. This is the result — with a lot of help from my (virtual) friends.

Beelzebub 1112

Sun June 19, 2011 at 8:00 am by Jed

ACROSS 1 Hairy fawn, mostly alert after one intrudes CRINIGEROUS I in CRINGE ROUS[e] 11 Expel judge from tournament contest OUST [j]OUST 12 US politician recalled reduction in grievance VEEP PEEV[e]< 13 Jazz … Read more >>

Independent on Sunday 1,113 by Hypnos

Sun June 19, 2011 at 12:02 am by Uncle Yap

A month ago, I blogged Hypnos and found the setter quite entertaining. June’s offering is just as varied with a couple of hard-boiled eggs as befits a prized puzzle. ACROSS 1 COMPACT dd … Read more >>

Everyman No 3,376

Sun June 19, 2011 at 12:01 am by Stella

A straightforward offering from Everyman this week, with a number of fairly obvious anagrams and charades, but none the less enjoyable for it, and with a couple new expressions – for me at … Read more >>

Enigmatic Variations 970: Suitably Abbreviated by Chalicea

Sat June 18, 2011 at 1:00 am by Shenanigans

Having just finished spending far too long tearing my hair out on Sabre’s latest Listener, it was a pleasant relief to tackle Chalicea’s first EV puzzle. Correct letters of misprints spelt out a … Read more >>

Independent 7692 by Monk (Saturday prize puzzle 11 6 11)

Sat June 18, 2011 at 12:11 am by twencelas

What’s so special about the eleventh of June? Well it’s another Monk puzzle to blog. Some lovely clues again from Monk – 11ac, 28ac, 15ac, 7dn and 23dn are probably my top five, … Read more >>

Guardian Prize 25,346 / Pasquale

Sat June 18, 2011 at 8:20 amSat June 18, 2011 at 12:02 am by Eileen

An entertaining puzzle from Pasquale, in which we were told that six solutions were undefined in their clues, with five lying within the bounds of the sixth. I think non-UK residents might have … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,722 / Mudd

Sat June 18, 2011 at 7:01 amFri June 17, 2011 at 11:45 am by shuchi

Mudd with a geographical bent in this fun crossword. I got the answers in a rush at first but ground to a halt in the bottom-left corner, only to realize that my answer … Read more >>

Guardian 25,351 / Tramp

Fri June 17, 2011 at 10:31 amFri June 17, 2011 at 9:39 am by Eileen

I’ve been looking forward to Tramp’s second Guardian cryptic, having blogged his début Fawlty Towers-themed puzzle, so I was very pleased to land this one, too. I didn’t detect a theme this time … Read more >>

Independent 7,697 / Phi

Fri June 17, 2011 at 11:53 amFri June 17, 2011 at 9:00 am by RatkojaRiku

I wasn’t on Phi’s wavelength as much today as I normally am, but I think that I got there in the end! There were more new words to me here (1A, 3, 13, … Read more >>

Independent 7,696/Mordred

Thu June 16, 2011 at 1:40 pm by Ali

This was a nice challenge from Mordred. Plenty of well-hidden definitions and neat wordplay , and a number of what seem to be trademark &lits. A few less-common words here and there – … Read more >>

Guardian 25,350 – Araucaria

Thu June 16, 2011 at 12:28 pmThu June 16, 2011 at 9:07 am by Andrew

I found it very hard to get started on this one, but once I’d got a few answers in it yielded steadily, with the exception of a phrase I’d never heard of at … Read more >>