Season’s Greetings to the 225 community. It is still Christmas Day here, so I am rushing out this blog in between Christmas dinner and family visits.
Independent 11,608 by Filbert
Merry Christmas to our solvers or depending on the time of day, well past merry by now. It may be Christmas day but we do have a new crossword on line.
Guardian Quiptic 1,258/December 25
I was expecting a Quiptic to blog this Christmas Morn, but the site is still showing last week’s, so perhaps there isn’t one, or – being the Grauniad – they have just forgotten. … Read more >>
Financial Times 17,610 SLORMGORM
SLORMGORM gives us something to do on Christmas Day…
Financial Times SUNDAY NEWS PUZZLE No 26 by NEO
Standing in for David as he is unable to get to a device at the moment. A solid fun challenge from NEO to usher in Christmas.
Independent on Sunday 1,765/Filbert
Another thoughtfully constructed puzzle from Filbert. Which is what you always get from this setter. Is there a theme? It being the night before Christmas, I suppose you could count TRUE LOVE, MATTHEW … Read more >>
Everyman 4,026
Another four weeks and and it’s time for the Everyman
Azed No. 2,687 Plain
Another plain puzzle this week.
Independent No. 11,607 by Tyrus
“‘Twas the night before Xmas (almost: go with it), when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring…”
…except perhaps the moans of pain from Leedsclimber trying to solve this absolute beast of a crossword from Tyrus.
Guardian Prize 29,255 by Boatman
This is my inaugural blog in the Guardian Prize slot, so I hope that my parsing does this very fine puzzle justice.
Financial Times 17,602 by Rosa Klebb
Puzzle from the Weekend FT of December 16, 2023
Guardian Cryptic 29260 Brendan
Thank you to Brendan. Definitions are underlined in the clues. There are numerous references to things Roman, Latin, and American, though I can’t come up with a connection for all three. Across 8. … Read more >>
Independent 11,606 by Phi
It’s Phiday again!
Financial Times 17,607 STEERPIKE
Brisk workout from STEERPIKE this Friday.
Independent 11,605 / Bluth
Bluth has set today’s cruciverbal challenge, on a more unusual grid that accommodates a wide variety of word lengths. The fact that the solutions to the perimeter clues are divided between two grid … Read more >>