SLORMGORM returns for this Monday's challenge…
Independent 11,470/Tees
A sound and entertaining puzzle from Tees to start the week. As always with this setter, a wide range of reference material. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition … Read more >>
Guardian Quiptic 1235 Anto
Thank you to Anto. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. It’s not unusual to hold a position (7) STATION : Anagram of(… unusual) IT’S NOT containing(to hold) A. 5. Guardiola attending … Read more >>
Independent on Sunday 1,742 by Hoskins
The puzzle is available here.
Everyman 4,003
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/4003.
Independent 11,469 by Bluth
We really are quite spoilt by the quality of the setters on the Independent’s payroll these days. The Crossword Editor is never adverse to trying new talent when he finds it, and sometimes … Read more >>
Guardian Prize 29,117 / Philistine
As always, I was pleased to see Philistine’s name on a puzzle, particularly as it was a Prize. I fairly raced through the first few clues, thinking that it was at the easier … Read more >>
Financial Times 17,463 by Leonidas
Puzzle from the Weekend FT of July 8, 2023
Guardian 29,122 / Pangakupu
Pangakupu’s puzzles appear sufficiently infrequently for me to have to retune in to his wavelength each time. I haven’t quite got the measure of him yet. My favourites today were 4ac, 9ac, 10ac, … Read more >>
Independent 11,468 by Phi
Phi on a Friday as usual.
Financial Times 17,468 by JULIUS
An excellent challenge from JULIUS this Friday.
Guardian Cryptic 29,121 by Imogen
A particularly tough solve – still not too sure with some of the parsing. Favourites 17ac, 3dn, and 6dn. Thanks to Imogen for the puzzle.
Enigmatic Variations No. 1597 Illumination by Vagans
July brings a puzzle from a new compiler to me – Vagans. I await my illumination. The preamble took several reads to reveal four words to comprise a book’s title and four key … Read more >>
Financial Times 17,467 by SLEUTH
Sleuth has privided this morning’s entertainment