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Financial Times 17,685 by BASILISK

Wed March 20, 2024 at 6:57 am by Oriel

Many thanks to Basilisk for a fun start to the morning.

Guardian Cryptic 29,335 by Jack

Wed March 20, 2024 at 6:46 am by loonapick

Jack is the Guardian inquisitor this morning.

Inquisitor 1846: Palimpsest by Moreton

Tue March 19, 2024 at 8:40 pmTue March 19, 2024 at 10:00 am by Jon_S

A palim what? Each clue is a palimpsest in which one letter has been overwritten in the definition. The original letters must be restored before solving: they spell a quotation and its author. … Read more >>

Independent 11681 / Grecian

Tue March 19, 2024 at 7:25 am by duncanshiell

Grecian’s monthly puzzle appears today. There is a clear BISCUIT or COOKIE theme to this puzzle, with names of types of or brands distributed throughout the grid as complete or … Read more >>

Guardian Cryptic 29,334 by Pasquale

Tue March 19, 2024 at 12:51 pmTue March 19, 2024 at 2:30 am by PeterO

The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29334.

Financial Times 17,684 by LEONIDAS

Tue March 19, 2024 at 2:21 amTue March 19, 2024 at 1:05 am by Cineraria

I enjoyed this–nothing too strenuous or obscure, but some delightful innovations and economical cluing from Leonidas.

Financial Times 17,683 by HAMILTON

Mon March 18, 2024 at 12:07 pm by Teacow

HAMILTON starts off the week…

Guardian Quiptic 1,269/Picaroon

Mon March 18, 2024 at 11:16 amMon March 18, 2024 at 10:06 am by Pierre

He’s done Guardian Prize, he’s done Guardian genius, he’s done Guardian Cryptic, but this is as far as I can see Picaroon’s debut in the Quiptic slot. Welcome. People sometimes comment when a … Read more >>

Guardian 29,333 / Philistine

Mon March 18, 2024 at 8:56 am by Eileen

It’s something of a surprise to see a Philistine puzzle on a Monday – and a particularly pleasant one for me, as I haven’t had one to blog since last July. Lots of … Read more >>

Independent 11,680 by Vigo

Mon March 18, 2024 at 8:12 am by flashling

Vigo starts our week

Everyman 4,038

Sun March 17, 2024 at 12:33 am by flashling

First of all apologies for posting this too early, I just typed the wrong number and that somehow failed to fill in one answer. Everyman doing what he does

Independent on Sunday 1,777/Bard

Sun March 17, 2024 at 9:21 pmSun March 17, 2024 at 12:05 am by Pierre

As far as I can see, this is a debut from Bard, so welcome and congratulations. I have an opinion on this puzzle, but will leave it to others to comment first about … Read more >>

Azed No. 2,699 Plain

Sun March 17, 2024 at 12:01 am by loonapick

A plain Azed puzzle.

Independent 11,679 by Monk

Sat March 16, 2024 at 12:11 pmSat March 16, 2024 at 9:00 am by beermagnet

A varied mixture of clue difficulties in this offerring from Monk A simple clue at 1 across to get us going. Not that it helped me properly get 2d where I thought the … Read more >>

Financial Times 17,676 by Buccaneer

Sat March 16, 2024 at 12:55 pmSat March 16, 2024 at 12:01 am by Pete Maclean

Puzzle from the Weekend FT of March 9, 2014