Independent 7551/Dac
Dac goes on and on, week after week producing crosswords full of clues with smooth surfaces and apart from one or two very small niggles below, a high standard throughout. I found this … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,579 / Armonie
Armonie usually appears on a Tuesday so I wasn’t expecting him today, though perhaps I should have done since there was no puzzle on Monday and yesterday we had a Dante prize puzzle. … Read more >>
Guardian 25205 by Araucaria How the Monkey Puzzle….
{This is just to hide the spoiler} … … … ….got his prickles. Vintage Araucaria – highly allusive, a wide range of references, numerous liberties, a delight as well as a struggle to … Read more >>
Beelzebub 1,087 (19/12/10)
Judging by the mess I’ve made of the grid, I must have found this one pretty tough going. Having said that, on blogging there doesn’t appear to be anything particular troublesome in there. … Read more >>
Independent 7550 by Math
Math today, don’t often see but pleasantly solvable. Eric and Ernie theme today Across 1 PREVIEW (VIP WE’RE)* 5 PORTICO OR in PT + 1 + CO 9 ERNIE N in ERIE 10 … Read more >>
Guardian 25204 Chifonie … Of Castro, Cricket and Curates
Pardon the later-than-usual appearance of the Tuesday blog. The Christmas revelry continues. Chifonie gave us an almost painless puzzle with delightful bits here and there. Most entertaining. ACROSS 1 UNNAMED *(MUNDANE) 5 MASTIFF … Read more >>
Independent 7549 by Scorpion
This was hard as Scorpion often is, so well-chosen by the Indy for a Holiday Monday, got there in the end, solving time, 62 mins. * = anagram ACROSS 6 SN (bridge partners) … Read more >>
Guardian Quiptic 580 by Nutmeg
It might have been post-Crimbo lethargy on my part, but I found this hard going in places, with some convoluted clues and a term I’d never heard of before. However, there were some … Read more >>
Guardian 25,203 / Brendan
I hope everyone had a great Christmas. I’m afraid this is a very rushed post due to family commitments – I’m sorry I didn’t have more time to enjoy this one. An excellent … Read more >>
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Azed 2012
Due to the festivities, the closing date for entries for this puzzle was put back to Saturday 8 January (this was not indicated in the on-line pdf version). The blog for this puzzle … Read more >>
Independent on Sunday 1,088 by Quixote
An enjoyable, festive-themed Quixote today. All scrupulously fairly clued as always, though the NE and SW corners put up a bit of a fight for me. Still, it all came together in the … Read more >>
Everyman No. 3351 (19th December)
Lorraine: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all. Nice crossword this week, got through it with surprising ease and speed. Lots of favourites, 11ac, 18ac, 27ac and 9dn. First in was … Read more >>
Independent 7543 (Sat 18-Dec) Nestor
Some inventive wordplay in several of the clues within this grid. So much so I have difficulty describing constructions such as 25A JEST (super-definition?) and 19D OBERON (un-hidden? regularly-hidden?). As usual with Nestor … Read more >>