As usual, Artexlen employs a wide variety of cryptic devices–nothing too exotic, but hardly a walk in the park, either.
RIP – Richard Rogan **UPDATED**
RIP – Richard Rogan See The Times Obituary (free for the weekend) by clicking here. I am very sad to share with you the news that the Times crossword editor Richard Rogan has … Read more >>
Financial Times 17,752 by MOO
MOO kicks off the week…
Guardian Cryptic 29,399 by Vulcan
A fun solve – I particularly liked 9ac, 15ac, 6dn, 8dn, and 14dn. Thanks to Vulcan for the puzzle
Independent 11,746 by Tees
A topical politically themed puzzle from Tees with lots of excellent clues.
Quiptic 1,280 by Pasquale
Sorry this is late, I carefully put all the other dates in my calendar, but forgot this one.
The crossword can be found here
Financial Times Sunday No.44 – World by Gaff
The monthly geographically themed crossword. Find it to solve online or download and print at the FT website.
Everyman 4,049/26 May
The consensus seems to be that the difficulty level of the Everyman puzzle has moved upwards in recent times. They are still well-constructed and pleasing puzzles, though, in my opinion. I enjoyed solving … Read more >>
Azed 2710
Another high-quality puzzle to exercise our Sunday brains, though I do have a query about 4 down. Thanks to Azed. Across 1 BRITPOP Trip freely with disco music around – such as … Read more >>
Independent on Sunday 1788 Coot
Thank you to Coot. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Steal animal’s morsel (7) SNIPPET : SNIP(a steal/something of good value/a bargain) + PET(a tame animal kept for companionship or pleasure). … Read more >>
Guardian Genius 251
Pangakupu set this month’s offering and it was a fun, if not too taxing, solve. It can be found here: https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/2024/may/06/genius-crossword-no-251 The instructions read as follows: Two chains of words run from * … Read more >>
Independent 11,745 by Rodriguez
This puzzle is available to solve online or download here.
Guardian Quick Cryptic 9 by Carpathian
Private Eye (Cyclops/ 779) Gargantuan Adversary
Cyclops is always our gargantuan adversary. But he is never a monster (except at Christmas). I found this harder than many recent Eye puzzles. I had to read all the way down to … Read more >>
Guardian Prize No 29392 by Paul
An alphabetical jigsaw from Paul this week.