A very enjoyable start to the day – thanks Basilisk!
Independent 11467 / Grecian
Grecian pops up every few weeks and today’s the day. Bert and Joyce are on their hols so you have a second blog from me this week. I doubt if … Read more >>
Independent 11,466 / Liari
This Wednesday, unless I am much mistaken, sees work by a new compiler. I have certainly not come across the work of this setter, let alone blogged any of his puzzles. This was … Read more >>
Guardian 29,120 – Qaos
Mostly straightforward clueing from Qaos today, but is there any more to the puzzle? Yes, of course there is: we have a theme of characters from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (who could perhaps … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1810: Freedom of the Press by Ifor
A sizeable preamble to digest this week: The four entries in the outside columns are new words derived from their clue answers (whose lengths are given) in a consistent way. Solvers must complete … Read more >>
Independent 11465 / Knut
I haven’t blogged a Knut puzzle for a while, so it was good to see his name on today’s Independent crossword. AS is often the case, I solved a Tuesday puzzle … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 29,119 by Anto
Anto provides the Guardian puzzle today.
Financial Times 17,465 by JASON
Some chewy clues today from Jason . . .
Margaret Irvine Funeral *update*
Nutmeg’s funeral *update 2023-07-11* Ref: https://www.fifteensquared.net/2023/06/28/rip-nutmeg/ I believe that the funeral service will be broadcast by Zoom and I will post Zoom links as soon as I can. In the meantime, Margaret’s life-long … Read more >>
Financial Times 17,464 by PEDROCK
PEDROCK brings a whimsical start to this working week…
Guardian Quiptic 1,234/Pasquale
Well, as easy as one-two-three [four], I would aver. But I said that last time I blogged Pasquale, and most folk differed. So over to you … Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double … Read more >>
Independent 11,464 by Filbert
Monday rolls around and Filbert once again starts us off.
Guardian Cryptic 29,118 by Brendan
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29118.
Everyman 4,002
I was wondering whether I would be able to blog this when I solved it last Sunday but we seem to up again. I’ll be away and unable to fix up any errors when this is published.
Independent on Sunday 1,741/Italicus
The Sunday offering this week from the Independent is a crossword from Italicus. I found this to be a pleasing puzzle which fell out nicely after I made initial inroads into it. Abbreviations … Read more >>