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S&B York 2024 – Friday 25th & Saturday 26th October 2024 – IMPORTANT UPDATE
S&B York 2024 – Friday 25th & Saturday 26th October 2024 – IMPORTANT UPDATE Hi again, everyone. Four weeks to go! We’re now at the stage where I need to liaise with the … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 29,503 by Pasquale
A nice mix of clues – I especially liked 4ac, 3dn, 6dn, and 10dn. Thanks to Pasquale
Financial Times 17,857 by IO
Fantastic fun.
Independent 11,850 / Eccles
Eccles is occupying his usual mid-week slot this week. I found this to be an easy-to-medium difficulty puzzle by Indy standards, set on a grid that provides a lot of initial letters as … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1874: Stepping Out of Line by Serpent
Winter is coming. Wordplay in all but one down clue contains an extra letter that must be removed to enable solving; these letters spell a name and a location associated with an occurrence … Read more >>
Independent 11849 / Hippogryph
Hippogryph is an Independent setter who has provided 4 or 5 puzzles a year since 2022. His / her work appears in both the daily and the Sunday series. There … Read more >>
Guardian 29,502 – Qaos
A couple of tricky moments in this one, but I was helped a little by … … spotting the theme quite early on. It’s the films of Tom CRUISE, including MISSION IMPOSSIBLE, MINORITY … Read more >>
Financial Times 17,856 by PHSSTHPOK
For my first time blogging a Phssthpok puzzle, this proved to be quite the inaugural challenge, with a pleasant mix of cryptic devices.
Financial Times 17,855 by MOO
MOO kicks off the week…
Independent 11,848/Twin
I enjoyed solving and blogging this offering from Twin. Easier to solve than parse in a number of places, I would say. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 29,501 by Yank
A tougher than usual Monday challenge.
Financial Times Sunday No.60 – News by Leonidas
Your monthly dose of current affairs in crossword form. Find it to solve online or download and print at ft.com/crossword
Guardian Quiptic 1,297/Picaroon
Picaroon on fine form with this week’s Quiptic. A pleasing and tractable puzzle with some delightful surface readings. Bravo. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind … Read more >>
Independent on Sunday 1,805/Filbert
The hard-working Filbert brings us this Sunday’s Independent offering. Filbert is very much the Indy regular these days. I always enjoy his/her puzzles: they can be devious and occasionally left-field, but they are … Read more >>