Independent 7,443/Raich

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I was expecting a Virgilius after recent absences, so seeing Raich was a pleasant surprise. And a very pleasant puzzle it was too. I spotted the mini Beatles theme fairly early on after … Read more >>

Guardian 25097 – Paul

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What a treat! For the second week running, I got to blog another master ( a reverential term of respect and admiration which really shouldn’t upset anyone). As expected, Paul served up many … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,472 / Armonie

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Nothing difficult here, but I admire how Armonie makes it all seem so effortless. As usual, the clues have excellent surfaces that read naturally. Across 1 OFF THE MARK dd 7 MACE M[ark] … Read more >>

Independent 7442 by Nitsy

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*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, CD=cryptic def, DD=double def, sp=spoonerism I’d never come across this setter before but a quick search of this site finds some Inquisitor puzzles that have appeared under that name. … Read more >>

Azed 1994

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A fairly straightforward Azed, with not too much tricky wordplay; quite a few words that needed confirmation from Chambers, though. I may have misunderstood the wordplay at 11a. Thanks to people who pointed … Read more >>

Beelzebub 1,069 (15/08/10)

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I seemed to race through this one unaided, though almost inevitably not without a slip. At 15dn I substituted in an initial M, in the optimistic hope that MACE might mean “reprimand” somehow. … Read more >>

Independent 7440 by Phi

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Finally got the chance to have a lunch break to do the blog, relatively straightforward I thought. Across 1 Sepulchre – (Cheers up, L)* 6 Rehab – Bar around he reversed 9 Tweet … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,469 / Falcon

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The top-left of the grid held me up with an unfamiliar synonym of ‘river’ and some tricky wordplay. 9A is still waiting to be annotated. Tougher than Falcon’s usual, with all his elegance … Read more >>