If you only do one IO puzzle this year, let this one be it.
Independent 11,520 by Filbert
We’re blogging another Filbert!
Guardian Cryptic 29,174 by Picaroon
Enjoyed this a lot – many favourites including 9ac, 15ac, 3dn, 6dn, 7dn, and 21dn. Thanks to Picaroon
Independent 11,519 / Atrica
Atrica has provided today’s puzzle. I have not had that much experience of solving and blogging work by this setter. I found this to be towards hard end of the Indy difficulty spectrum. … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1819: Mirror Image V by Serpent
Mirror Image V by Serpent The grid has 90° rotational symmetry but no numbers or additional bars should be added at this stage. Five clues contain an extra word, to be removed before … Read more >>
Guardian 29,173 – Anto
Thanks to Anto for today’s puzzle.
Financial Times 17,520 by GOZO
I breezed through three-quarters of this Gozo puzzle before running into a few tricky clues, which I hope I have parsed adequately.
Financial Times 17,519 by SLORMGORM
SLORMGORM kicks things off this week…
Independent 11,518 by Nitsy
Well here’s a rare visitor to our shores. Nitsy has been an Indy setter for many years but somewhat infrequent. I’ve been blogging here for thirteen years and this is the first time we’ve crossed.
Guardian Quiptic 1243 Chandler
Thank you to Chandler. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. First sign of this disorder to get luxury food (7) TRUFFLE : 1st letter of(First sign of) “this” + RUFFLE(disorder/disarrange, say, … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 29,172 by Vulcan
Vulcan is today's Guardian setter.
Independent on Sunday 1,750 by Hoskins
The puzzle is available here.
Azed No. 2,672 ‘Carte Blanche’ – Competition Puzzle
The first Carte Blanche for 18 months.
Everyman 4,011
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/4011.
Independent No. 11,517 Monk
Good morning solvers.
A pretty tough challenge from Monk this morning. My advice: have Wikipedia* or your Brittanica* at the ready!