A very enjoyable start to the day – thanks Basilisk!
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 >>
Azed No. 2,663 – Competition Puzzle
I’m afraid this puzzle defeated me. I think I have all the answers, but there are two where I am sure the answer’s right, but I couldn’t parse (SASTRA and TEAN), and one (INTROLD) where I’m not sure of the answer becasue I can’t find a definition that matches the clue.
This was tougher than most of the recent Azed’s I’ve had to blog, and it saw me referring more than normal to Chambers, where I found a load of words that I had never come across before, among them FINNAC, CHI-RHO, SASTRA, INTROLD, JARULS, KAHAL and RAHU. I was so disprited that I didn’t even try to come up with a clue for SONDAGE.
Thanks Azed
A message from Sil
A message from Sil van den Hoek Early last week I was pleasantly surprised, read: delighted, to find a lovely card in my mailbox, sent from the S and B gathering in Nottingham. … Read more >>
Independent 11,463 by Serpent
Early July and the Serpent slithers a puzzle towards us. And enjoyably devious as one has grown to expect. Always refreshing. Clues of note in my opinion are 10ac and 20dn for their … Read more >>